I recently bought two copies of this vintage artistic nude postcard by Hilo Chen (
Amsterdam, 1981). One copy will go for postcrossing, the other stays in my collection.
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Last one from four postcards bought online, showing the naval flag semaphore alphabet, the rest went to friends with a naval background.
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I found some maxi cards with special cancellation.
Keeping them because they remind me of my short vacation to Spa - Francorchamps.
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If you have a record player, it will be interesting to hear what the hidden sound message of this special postcard is!
What a secret! 
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It’s from Etsy (Cuddles and Rage)
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These are presents from my grandmother, from long ago, drawn by a local artist.
I just rediscovered them few month’ ago - and still love them:
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Oh my goodness, I have way too many cards that I’ve bought specifically for myself. (!) To be fair, I’ve been doing this for decades, long before I ever joined Postcrossing. But since I’ve joined my new obsession is Japanese Gotochi cards, so every time I go to a different prefecture I buy all the Gotochi cards they have (7 max, if they are all in stock, which is rare). I buy three of each design - one for myself, and the other 2 for PC exchanges and lotteries. For some of the cards, it’s possible to get a scenic stamp cancellation that matches the card - so I’ll try to do that with as many as I can.
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I collect antique and vintage postcards.
It’s less than a single file, but it’s important.
My favorite is Debussy. This is eerie, and my mother says “severed head”.
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Love this one I never thought I’d get one then a kind postcrosser penpal sent me it!! Definitely my favourite postcard so far !
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Bought these cards while on holiday in Luxembourg for my private collection (also bought some extras to send with Postcrossing of course 
). Top right is 3D.
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who keeps postcards for themselves. As a newbie, I’ve been scouring flea markets for postcards. Here are a few I’ve found that I’m keeping for myself.
This beautiful embroidered postcard from Spain.
This older postcard of a Morris Katz painting. I just love it.
An older postcard of NYC before the twin towers fell.
And this vintage postcard of Britain’s Prince Edward before he became king and abdicated the throne.
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I used to have one of those embroidered postcards when I was a child, I bought it when I was on holiday in Spain. I had completely forgotten about it until I saw your post 
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Have you played them?!?
The first one!!! HUGE Fan of Pan Am!!!
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Oh, such a pretty card! Love how colorful it is! 
I don’t think I have any colorful view cards of Moscow… Maybe there are some I haven’t bought yet but they would be my treasure too!
I love multiviews but must admit I have none of them from Moscow… My view cards look like this:
Maybe I was in a gloomy mood myself when I ordered them, cause they’re all about fog, clouds etc. 
Still, a few days ago I looked through my view cards and realized they’re gorgeous… Definitely want to keep some for myself, even though I can visit these places on the weekend!
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Exactly 
Man, take your pick!
Sometimes, I buy cards at events or from artists I like, that way they’re like small art prints. Sometimes, they come as freebies from book and comic stores. I received a couple of these when I volunteered at a local pride event back in, let me think, 2017?
Some of them are important to me, others I don’t deem interesting enough to send. Say, Chewbacca isn’t a part of Ukrainian culture, why would I send a card with Chewbacca on it from Ukraine? I’d rather send a print of a funny frame from the Soviet animated adaptation of Treasure Island.
(note to self: check if I can buy one ready-made)
The ones I would never send are humorous postcards I bought at an exhibition dedicated to Sergei Parajanov and his film adaptation of The Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (it is one of my favourite films of all time), the postcards I got from the Pride event, and some I bought from an indie artist as prints, especially considering I can’t get them anymore, as the artist is Russian.
I probably wouldn’t send the postcard with a reproduction of a painting by Mariia Pryimachenko that I got at an exhibition of her art and a postcard with a picture of the Peresopnytske Gospel, not because I don’t like to share, but because I don’t have any more with the same picture, and they’re keepsakes. If you asked me very nicely, maybe I would mail them, though?
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