What do I collect?

I enjoy travel, postcards and stamps.

Whenever I travelled, I often bought postcards. Great affordable easy-to-carry and easy-to-keep souvenir.

Then in January 2006, I thought it would be great to have postcards with stamps from different countries. Thus began a journey of collecting a postcard sent to me from every country and postal entity around the world.

The idea of someone getting a postcard, writing down the address, putting a stamp and dropping it into their mailbox and for the card to travel from one part of the world to my mailbox sounded really cool. Postcards sometimes never arrive for different reasons but when they do arrive, it is a great joy.

At the moment, I have received postcards sent from 226 countries and postal entities. If anyone can help me in sending me postcards from the remaining missing countries, I will be forever grateful and will help you meet your collection goals too.

The missing countries and postal entities are:
Abkhazia, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia/Somaliland, South Sudan, South Ossetia, Tokelau

Here are some of my current themes of my postcard collection:

1) 10 written stamped postcards from every country
2) Country map postcards worldwide
3) Chinatown postcards worldwide
(missing Boston Chinatown, Soho London, etc)
4) Postcards sent using Year of Rabbit, Year of Tiger, Year of Ox stamps
5) US State Map postcards - completed
6) US State Capitol Building postcards - completed
7) US National Park postcards - completed
8) US National Monuments
9) Map postcards of Canada provinces/territories
(missing Nunavut, Northwest Territories, The Yukon, Manitoba)
10) Postcards of different regions Italy
(missing Cantania, Campione d'Italia)
11) Postcards of different states of Germany
12) Postcards of different towns/departments France
13) Cards of different districts in Portugal - completed
14) Cards of different regions in Spain - completed
15) Postcards of Famous universities worldwide
16) Postcards of Airlines and Airports
17) Postcards of famous Waterfalls (single view)
18) Cards of different states in Malaysia - completed
19) Flag postcards of countries
20) Royal Family postcards
21) Museum postcards, Zoo postcards, Panda in Zoos
22) UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tentative List and Intangible Cultural Heritage
23) Aurora Borealis and Rainbow postcards
24) Underwater postcards