The Europe Only Quality Travelling Envelope (E.Q.T.E.)
REVISED RULES:
- Each group consists of 10 cards with 1 Host and 4 participants. When a group is popular I may decide to add 1 more to bring the total of participants to 6. The addresses on the flight sheet shall not be shared outside the group or be used for any other purposes other than this RR.
- The host will place post-it stickies on the back of each of the 10 cards in the RR, with their username and a brief card description on it and send within 7 days of receiving the flight plan.
- Each person taking part in the group must check the cards on arrival to see that each has a sticker on that matches the card.
- You may swap up to 5 cards when you receive the RR, taking the post it from the card(s) you choose and putting them on the replacement cards. You then put your username and card description under the previous entry.
- You cannot put the same repeat cards in consecutive envelopes as in many groups the same people take part.
- Please tell us on the thread when you receive and when you send - note - NOT when you plan to send, but when it has been mailed. If you have any doubts that your envelope will not arrive for any reason or your cards are special and cannot be replaced or if you are sending to a country with poor postal delivery services then it is your responsibility to send the cards by registered post.
- You must send within 5 days of receipt of the envelope.
- No home made cards, free ad cards or flyers, cards with a religious message (except in CH) or old yellow or discoloured cards - cards must be of a quality you would be happy to receive yourself.
- Failure to follow these simple steps will result in a ban from this RR and all others I may be involved in.
- You can join only Now 5 open groups as a participant at any one time. You may if you wish be a Host in 5 groups and be a participant in 5 other groups (maximum allowed). Travelling groups do not count as they are closed for joining.
New participants can only join 1 group until they have received and sent at least one flight - This is at the discretion of the organiser. Requests for particular seats are always granted if not already filled. Two people from the same country can join groups and the organiser will try to separate them as best as possible.
Where extreme delays happen (> 1 month) I will restrict participants to only joining 2 groups travelling. - Please check if the next person on your list has been active within the last 2 weeks - If not skip them and send to the following person. Take this step please to minimise losses of envelopes.
- If the envelope you send fails to arrive in a reasonable time I will ask you to send a second envelope
- To avoid the disappointment of damaged corners. Cards should be in padded or strengthened envelopes or at least in some kind of protective covering also to prevent the cards getting wet.
- Remember to have fun building your collection.
New ideas for groups are always welcome just post your idea here or send me a Message
GROUP CATEGORIES
A= Viewcards ( multi + single)
AD= Ad Cards
AE = Aerial Views
AL = Alphabet - Letter Specific
B= Any NON VIEWCARD
BK = Books - Anything connected with Books (books, reading people, calligraphy etc)
BR = Bridges
C= Multiviews
CH= Churches and Cathedrals and Places of Worship (External/Interior/Artefacts Views)
CO = Colour Specific
CS = Card Series GF, FOTW, WOW, ICONS, WT, EUMap
CU = Cute
D= Singleviews
DA = Damaged Scratched Dented
E= Not your country
ER= Erotic + LGBT cards
F= Capital City Single Views
FAN = FANTASY Fairy,Angel,Dragon,Unicorn,Witches,Vampire,Mermaid
FAV = Favourites 3 times or popular postcards.
FD = Food and Drink
FL = Flowers or Plants
G= Buildings
H= Animals
HA = Halloween
HE = Hearts, Valentines, Love
I= Art
IC = Paintings of Cities
IL = Drawings and Illustrations
J= Black & White
K= Flowers
L = Lighthouses
M = Multiples like some Nouvelle Images
MA = Maps
MAX = Maxicards
ME = Meetup cards (Unsent)
MO = Movies and TV
MX = Music related Instrument,Band,Song,Singer,Concert,Opera,Ballet
NI = Night Views
P= Postal related
R = Rainbow
S = Sunrise Sunset cards
SH = Shaped - all shapes except rectangular
SP = Sport related EG Football, Olympics etc
T = Tushita Cards
TR = Transport
U = UNESCO cards (3 allowed from same site)
W = Water
WO = Words and Quotations
X= Christmas and other Seasonal Cards EG Easter,Thanksgiving etc
Z = Category Mixup - Envelope must have 10 different categories
OPEN GROUPS - CLICK HERE
Group A83 Viewcards
- @frewen HOST
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Group AD5 - Any AD Card including Artist and Gallery Promotions
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Group AE1 Aerial Views
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Group AL1 Alphabet Letters - ANY LETTER Must appear on its own or a complete alphabet or combination of letters that don’t make a word
- Need a Host
- @frewen
Back to Host
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Group B103 No Tourist type Viewcards-Any Non Viewcard
- @fisherman HOST
Back to host
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Group BK13 Books - Anything connected with Books (books, reading people, calligraphy etc)
- Need a Host
- @catcollector
- @Gytemarija
- @RFS
- @frewen
Back to host
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Group BR2 Bridges - Any Bridge
- Need a HOST
Back to Host
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Group C33 Multiviews
- Need a HOST
Back to host
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Group CH10 - Churches Cathedrals Synagogues, Mosques, Temples - Places of Worship Exterior, Interior and Religious Artefacts View
back to host
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Group CO4 Colour Specific COLOUR = YELLOW
Back to Host
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Group CS3 Card Series GF, FOTW, WC, MOTW, COTW, HPC, WOW, ICONS, WT, EuMap, Step to, Covid SSSH
- Need a HOST
Back to Host
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Group DA2 Damaged Scratched Dented
- @Tikky aka WavyCactus (Portugal) HOST
Back to Host
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Group E77 Not Your Country
- @frewen HOST
back to host
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Group ER1 Erotic + L.G.B.T. cards
- @Gytemarija Host
- @Coriena
Group F14 Capital City Single-Views
- @annalynne HOST
- @Antjelino
- @LunaRose
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@frewen
Back to host
Group FAN1 = FANTASY Fairy,Angel,Dragon,Unicorn,Witches,Vampire,Mermaid
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Group FAV8 Favourites or Popular Postcards. Group to be of any category of cards, but a postcard in official postcrossing should have 3 or more likes (favorites) - Go to your wall of sent postcards and click on Popular.
- Need a Host
- @Coralfish
- @Gytemarija
- @fisherman
- @Pihlakas
Back to host
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Group FD10 Food and Drink
- Need a Host
- @Gytemarija
- @frewen
Group FL2 Flowers or Plants
- @frewen HOST
- @Gytemarija
Group G14 Buildings
- @frewen HOST
- @miceu
- @Antjelino
Group H39 Animals - Any card with an Animal
- Need a Host
- @frewen
Back to host
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Group HE5 Heart Love cards - Any card with a Heart, Valentine or Love on it
- @frewen HOST
Back to host
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Group I13 Art - Any pure Art card Paintings Portraits etc
- @frewen HOST
- @Maltelino
- @RFS
Back to host
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Group IC7 Paintings of Cities
Back to host
Group IL21 Drawings and Illustrations
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Group L3 Lighthouses
- Need a Host
- @Coralfish
- @frewen
- @Niklot
Back to host
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Group M5 Multiple Images on one card - Some Nouvelle Images cards are like this and some other manufacturers too
- @kotona Host
- @frewen
- @Coralfish
Back to host
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Group MA23 Maps - Worldwide (May be or not from your own country)
- @frewen Host
Back to host
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Group MAX4 Maxicards
- Need a Host
- @Coralfish
Group ME5 Meetup Cards Signed or Unsigned but not Sent
- Need A Host
- @RFS
- @fisherman
Back to Host
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Group MO2 Movies and TV Related
- Need a Host
- @Gytemarija
Back to Host
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Group MX1 = Music related Instrument,Band,Song,Singer,Concert,Opera,Ballet
- @LindaJ Host
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Group NI2 Night Views
Back to Host
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Group P4 Postal Related
- @RFS HOST
- @catcollector
- @fisherman
Back to Host
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Group R1 - Rainbow - Different main colours on each card that do not repeat
- @Coffeedoff Host
- @frewen
Group S4 - Sunrise Sunset cards
- Need a Host
- @frewen
back to host
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Group SH4 Shaped cards - all shapes except rectangular
- Need a Host
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Group SP2 Sport related EG Football , Olympics etc
- Need a Host
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Group T3 - Tushita Cards
- Need a Host
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Group TR4 - Transport Cards
- @RFS Host LIkes road and off road land vehicles with engines (no trains)
- @catcollector
- @kotona
back to host
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Group TR5 - Transport Cards - Special Group for Automotive vehicle: a road or off-road self-propelled motor vehicle with three or more wheels, usually with tires. Therefore, not on rails neither on two wheels. Any type of engine: gasoline, diesel, steam, electric… That includes automobiles, buses, trucks, military, construction machinery, amphibians,…, lunar modules, etc)
- @RFS Host
- @catcollector
- @kotona
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Group U32 - UNESCO Includes all categories of UNESCO sites not just WHS (Can be a max of 3 different cards from the same site)
- Need a HOST
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Group W11 - Water Cards - Real Photos
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Group WO2 Words and Quotations
Back to Host
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Group Z53 Category Mixup Envelope must have 10 different Categories at all times - Category must be listed on the Post-It sticky on the card
