What an awesome story! I never knew there was such a thing as an underwater mailbox!
Amazing!
Iāll fetch out my PADI licence, and plan a trip, while weāre still in Germany.
But Iāll wait until the summer, Iāve only dived in the Red See so far!
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@gharbeia and everyone else, feel free to ping me if you need a buddy ^^ Always happy to go back to Hemmoor
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Hemmoor is west of Hamburg, east of Bremerhaven
not sure who can help here but i am looking for such a postmark for my daughterās next exhibit so that she can prepare it and participate in the next exhibit.
My request for the same is here :
https://community.postcrossing.com/t/request-postmark-request/614682?u=sunilmandaliya
Hi @sunilmandaliya, Iām going back to the lake in august so in theory I might help, but to my knowledge there is no special postmark on cards sent from there (I did send myself a test one of course ;). The stamps were standard ones too.
Iāll ask if this has changed since last time and will let you know when Iām there!
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this is indeed a unique postmark and happy to get one if you can by posting it to me direrctly
@Meowpurr if you plan to go there - I would love to receive one too if you can arrange. With or without special postmark, definitly truely unique ^^
If only I could dive - what an amazing experience!
What a great story and fantastic photos! Thank you for sharing!
Good air!
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@sunilmandaliya & @Tetsuko & everyone:
A couple of people have asked me to send them a card from this very special mailbox and Iād love to send one to each and every one of you, but I simply wonāt be able to find the time to write that many cards while Iām there, and thereās also the price: last year they wanted 6ā¬ for a card and given the dive base has increased all their prices, it might be even more this yearā¦ 6ā¬/card adds up quick!
But I did buy my own fine waterproof marker (
) and I want to make someone happy, soā¦
There is a lottery now!
https://community.postcrossing.com/t/win-a-card-from-an-underwater-mailbox/630913
Good luck!
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This is such a great story and a cool idea! I hope you have the most amazing time at the festival. And thanks so much for the lottery. Iāll look forward to more pictures in due course! 
Thank you so muchā¦I will mention a number of lottery now
What a great readā¼ļø AND written by the scuba diver herselfš¦
This mailbox was even reported on regional television yesterday 
An entry in the Guinness Book of Records is soughtā¦
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Oooh 
What record though I wonder, itās not the deepest in the worldā¦ We saw the Malaysia one 
Busiest underwater mailbox?? Haha Iāll ask them!
2023 update!
Remember the shark from the original postcard design? Yeah, we met 
So, the mailbox is still there, the price per card is still 6ā¬, and the Guinness thing was - Iām quoting the guy that sold me the cards on the very first and queueless evening - āsomething the boss came up with in the press memoā and would only be something like deepest mailbox in Germany, no attempt at a world record
I hyped up a lot of people who all bought some cards (& borrowed my waterproof pens ), and I alone sent 10 this time!
They still have the old cards but there are 2 new designs, and I like the new ones a lot! One is showing the mailbox, the other one is a multiview with many of the sights in the lake.
Have a look yourselves - the first cards arrived 
:
P.s.: The northern Germans in this thread may have heard it on the local news: there was a fatal accident at the lake last weekend (a scuba diver, a young woman), so you can imagine our festival was not as happy as it usually is 
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So cool!
so coolll!!!