My first expired card (to the USA) is now almost a year in transit. I have given up hope of it ever being delivered. What happens after the 12-month mark? Does it simply “fall off the page” and disappear from the system?
If a card is registered beyond 365 days (assuming this process is possible), are you notified of the delivery? Does it count towards your “sent” total?
yes, it “falls off the page” and disappears from the system.
It is not possible to register a card after 365 days.
If the other user closes their account and your sent card is out there, Postcrossing automatically registers the postcard. Cards more than a year old …sayonara unfortunately.
You pour yourself a beverage of your choosing and make a toast to the fallen postcard. 
(Pour a little on the ground in its honor.)
One of my cards is approaching its expiriversary, too–we’ll toast them together. 
If you took a picture of the card for uploading it, you could post it in this thread to make it unforgettable. 
I just had a look at my traveling cards - one will expire in 5 days forever. I’ll join too.
The other day I got such a card and the website immediately came up with a link to the profile of the sender, so that I could write a private message to her. I did.
I know some members put their expired postcards as a list on their profile, so why do we not all have this record as a separate column in the sent section? As I’m sure all members will at least sadly get ONE or more expired postcard as they do this hobby, I myself will have three soon. But as far as I know I won’t be able to see these expired cards on my sent list as they are well expired, they no longer exist according to the system, and yet I sent them in good faith as it were to another member. Maybe it’s time this feature was included?
Thank you.
Ed
What should that be good for?
If one wants to keep track of them, then they can keep such lists in their profile, but for whom else should those lists be interesting?
I think the admins said sometime that these cards are deleted to lighten the servers. It’s a free project after all and server space is very costly.
Yes, I remember that too!
That’s right. I remember reading that.
Hi all, thanks… I must have missed that… lol …
I also would like to add that “expired” are the cards over 60 days. I don’t know what the ones over 365 days should be called…“lost forever”?
I just think there’s lots of confused newbies so in case they get confused further 
Maybe we should call them “ghostcards” 
No, my cards are real, not ghosts.
I just received a card sent two years ago! My longest travelling card to date. As it was sent pre-covid, the reason for the delay is a real mystery. I managed to find the sender, so at least I could thank them, even though the card could not be registered.
You started your journey in the city of Kazan on the Volga when a lady Postcrosser fetched the ID. The world was going round, this Friday November 11th, 2017. A Postcrosser of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia wanted to reactivate her account. She had stopped asking for IDs in April 2017. Now, in November she asked for an ID, and… My imagination strolls away… Tell me your story, please, postcard!
When was my address added, when the text nicely formulated? The mystery continues with this beautiful golden stamp picturing the Kazan Kremlin. It has been issued in 2019. Next to it is a nice sticker saying “Thank you, Postman!” in Russian. Postcard, where did you spend two years, three years, four years?
Then the postmark is added, clearly readable, it shows: 08 01 22 and the postcode 420304, i.e. Stolbishe, Laishevsky District, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation. Where did you hide all this time, Postcard?
And the lady Postcrosser? She has last been “Seen over 4 years ago”.
YOUR STORY, POSTCARD !
I am so greatfull the cards finaly drops into limbo after 365 days. Scars can recover!
We get permission to always forget those.
I don’t keep lists of those.
Now I try to keep the box unchecked in Travelling expired so I do not see expired cardslist.
And I wonder why I check travelling cards…
Once sent → email deleted → see if a Hurray get into the emailinbox later.
I think the time duration by which 99.9% ( or even 99.99%) of the cards get registered would be a fair limit. I guess that duration would be far below the current 1-year limit.
Yesterday I received a postcard from China but I couldn’t register it because it was sent over a year ago and the postcard has already been dropped from the system. What a shame. Luckily I found out who sent it and sent her a thank you message as a private message. I haven’t received a single postcard from China since January until yesterday.
