Postcrossing update: I'm now up to 543 postcards sent, 512 received, over 4 million kms of sent distance, and 8th on the country leaderboard. It's still a lot of fun, although my postcard collection has now filled up two boxes and is starting on a third box! Yesterday, I got a postcard from a rather remote location. This card is from Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China, a sparsely-populated area in the middle of the Asian continent.
Another postcard I got was interesting more for its postage stamp than for the card itself. This hologram stamp was on a postcard from Finland. My scanner doesn't do the hologram justice. If you tilt the stamp, it looks like the skier is skiing down the slope.
And lastly, here are my current postcard stats by country:
Postcards Sent
| Rank | Country | Postcards | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 107 | 19.71% |
| 2 | Germany | 61 | 11.23% |
| 3 | Netherlands | 38 | 7.00% |
| 4 | Japan | 23 | 4.24% |
| 5 | Canada | 22 | 4.05% |
| 6 | Portugal | 19 | 3.50% |
| 7 | Brazil | 19 | 3.50% |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 18 | 3.31% |
| 9 | Estonia | 14 | 2.58% |
| 10 | Belgium | 14 | 2.58% |
| 11 | Austria | 12 | 2.21% |
| 12 | New Zealand | 12 | 2.21% |
| 13 | Taiwan | 11 | 2.03% |
| 14 | Lithuania | 11 | 2.03% |
| 15 | China | 11 | 2.03% |
| 16 | Italy | 11 | 2.03% |
| 17 | Spain | 11 | 2.03% |
| 18 | Australia | 10 | 1.84% |
| 19 | Switzerland | 10 | 1.84% |
| 20 | Norway | 9 | 1.66% |
| 21 | France | 9 | 1.66% |
| 22 | Poland | 9 | 1.66% |
| 23 | Singapore | 7 | 1.29% |
| 24 | Russia | 7 | 1.29% |
| 25 | Belarus | 5 | 0.92% |
| 26 | Czech Republic | 5 | 0.92% |
| 27 | Thailand | 4 | 0.74% |
| 28 | Turkey | 4 | 0.74% |
| 29 | Philippines | 4 | 0.74% |
| 30 | Slovakia | 4 | 0.74% |
| 31 | Slovenia | 4 | 0.74% |
| 32 | Hungary | 3 | 0.55% |
| 33 | Serbia | 3 | 0.55% |
| 34 | Malaysia | 3 | 0.55% |
| 35 | Denmark | 3 | 0.55% |
| 36 | Sweden | 2 | 0.37% |
| 37 | South Africa | 2 | 0.37% |
| 38 | Indonesia | 2 | 0.37% |
| 39 | Ukraine | 2 | 0.37% |
| 40 | Ireland | 2 | 0.37% |
| 41 | Greece | 2 | 0.37% |
| 42 | India | 2 | 0.37% |
| 43 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0.18% |
| 44 | Macau | 1 | 0.18% |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0.18% |
| 46 | Guatemala | 1 | 0.18% |
| 47 | Romania | 1 | 0.18% |
| 48 | Qatar | 1 | 0.18% |
| 49 | Latvia | 1 | 0.18% |
| 50 | Chile | 1 | 0.18% |
| 51 | Bahamas | 1 | 0.18% |
| 52 | Croatia | 1 | 0.18% |
| 53 | U.S.A. | 1 | 0.18% |
| 54 | Moldova | 1 | 0.18% |
| Total | 543 |
Postcards Received
| Rank | Country | Postcards | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 116 | 22.66% |
| 2 | Germany | 74 | 14.45% |
| 3 | Netherlands | 43 | 8.40% |
| 4 | Brazil | 24 | 4.69% |
| 5 | Australia | 18 | 3.52% |
| 6 | Japan | 18 | 3.52% |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 16 | 3.13% |
| 8 | France | 16 | 3.13% |
| 9 | Portugal | 15 | 2.93% |
| 10 | China | 14 | 2.73% |
| 11 | Spain | 13 | 2.54% |
| 12 | Canada | 12 | 2.34% |
| 13 | Estonia | 12 | 2.34% |
| 14 | Taiwan | 10 | 1.95% |
| 15 | Italy | 10 | 1.95% |
| 16 | Lithuania | 9 | 1.76% |
| 17 | Russia | 9 | 1.76% |
| 18 | Hungary | 7 | 1.37% |
| 19 | Norway | 6 | 1.17% |
| 20 | Thailand | 6 | 1.17% |
| 21 | New Zealand | 6 | 1.17% |
| 22 | Belgium | 5 | 0.98% |
| 23 | South Africa | 4 | 0.78% |
| 24 | Greece | 4 | 0.78% |
| 25 | Malaysia | 4 | 0.78% |
| 26 | Sweden | 3 | 0.59% |
| 27 | Belarus | 3 | 0.59% |
| 28 | Ireland | 3 | 0.59% |
| 29 | Philippines | 3 | 0.59% |
| 30 | Turkey | 3 | 0.59% |
| 31 | Switzerland | 2 | 0.39% |
| 32 | Korea (South) | 2 | 0.39% |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 2 | 0.39% |
| 34 | Singapore | 2 | 0.39% |
| 35 | Austria | 2 | 0.39% |
| 36 | Latvia | 2 | 0.39% |
| 37 | Poland | 2 | 0.39% |
| 38 | Slovenia | 2 | 0.39% |
| 39 | Egypt | 1 | 0.20% |
| 40 | Pakistan | 1 | 0.20% |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0.20% |
| 42 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0.20% |
| 43 | Iceland | 1 | 0.20% |
| 44 | Mexico | 1 | 0.20% |
| 45 | Mauritius | 1 | 0.20% |
| 46 | Israel | 1 | 0.20% |
| 47 | India | 1 | 0.20% |
| 48 | Moldova | 1 | 0.20% |
| Total | 512 |