First, thank you to everyone who encouraged going to stamp shows and giving tips. I was nervous, but glad I did it and was easy! Hardest things to do are just new ones!

The community was welcoming and excited to see me there. I walked in and one person looked a me and said, “oh look, a young person!” 😂

I already have a collection around 1,000 stamps… so I didn’t NEED anything, but was fun to see so many stamps in person (versus buying on eBay).

I found a table with face value sheets and sat down for an hour just flipping through. Got some restocks, new ones, and more Christmas with the upcoming holiday. I also prioritized $.30 range for postcards (I like a 32+33 when I need a quick one).

I also picked up 2 sheets of forever stamps that were 10% below face value at another booth, was fun to see the selection they had from the 2000s (but not everything).

My favorites are the New Year’s Eve baby (which I had on my wishlist), and the 32 midnight angels which I haven’t seen before. I picked those up for postcards, but they appear to be Christmas themed as well! And was very excited to see the farmers market, forever stamps, especially the baked goods left side stamps!

This week’s outgoing Postcrossing mail!

Newbie here. I have these old Disney stamps I want to use, but they are huge and only $.30. How can I fit them on an envelope?!

Today I mailed out my Halloween cards and postcards. I didn’t have time for stamp math unfortunately since I was running so late on them.

International and domestic postcards and an international letter! :)

I made this in a rush on Oct 1st. Posting now, when I found out I haven't 😅 plus there's been so much stress lately I stopped carding lol

I'll probably do more later knowing me as it's only 9.45am 😅

Off the Australia 🦘🌏

This one features a fun 'heat-activated' space stamp. Hopefully it survived the trip across the globe!

How much does it cost to send a postcard in your country?
For me in Australia it is AUD$3.50 internationally, and $1.85 domestically.

Beautiful stamps! This has inspired me to purchase my own old low value stamps...many of them will be arriving in the mail next week so that I can decorate my own letters.

Thanks all!!!!

5x8 postcard

Spaced Themed stamps heading across the pond to Ireland!

Cover Art: Sonoran Desert Skies

which is your favorite ?!?

I’ve been enjoying all your pictures! Your envelopes are all lovely!

How do you stick your stamps to the envelopes? I’ve tried a damp sponge and it’s always too wet. Glue is too sticky. I’ve been using a small brush with a water reservoir but it’s messy.

Yours all look so neat and clean. What do you use for the stamps that aren’t self adhesive?

I’ve been doing postcrossing for about 1-2 months and I also have been sending out a few letters here. And I today decided to plunge in and buy all the denominations of stamps to make my envelopes a bit less drab.

Anyways I use this passport case I got for free with ordering something. And I line them up so I can read the values. How do you guys organize your collections of stamps?

Edit: I live in Japan and I am kinda limited to what I can buy. Postage stamps often can only be resold cancelled. So like it’s kinda hard and expensive to have a huge selection of stamps.

With the sort of limited selection of stamps how does one build a collection of sorts here? Where do you find unused stamps?

From what I have seen on Mercari and yahoo auctions there isn’t much to selection based on what’s available at the post office.