The 711s in Japan let you print color postcards from memory card for ~$1 USD . I would take photos with my camera, go to the copier machine in a 711 (they are everywhere), print the postcards, and sometimes buy the stamps from the cashier. Some stores don&#x27;t have postcard specific stamps. Just ask for stamps in equivalent value 100 yen.

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Spatie (creators of a bunch of Laravel&#x2F;PHP packages) is postcardware, too!
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I always found <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.miede.de&#x2F;postcards&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.miede.de&#x2F;postcards&#x2F;</a> charming. The creator of a popular LaTeX template for thesis welcomes postcards and posts them on this website. I&#x27;ve sent him one myself!

I recently started Postcrossing. 5 sent, with 2 traveling to Russia and China (from the US, it&#x27;s been ~40+ days, I figured those 2 would take a while, but we will see if they get delivered!)So far I&#x27;ve gotten 2 from Taiwan, and 1 from Germany and Belgium.I&#x27;m excited to find my next stash of cards to send out! It really is such a wholesome activity.I&#x27;ve been sending postcards to a list of ~15 local friend and family for the last couple years. I travel a lot for work so have a lot to send. I get so few responses, only 2 people have ever replied, and one of those was some random person I met on Discord. I really wish more people would send mail. My mom will occasionally text me to say she liked the card, but she never seems to get the hint that I&#x27;d super appreciate a physical response even if it&#x27;s some scribbles on notebook paper in an envelope. I teared up a little bit when I got my first postcrossing card.

I&#x27;ve been exchanging postcards on Postcrossing (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.postcrossing.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.postcrossing.com&#x2F;</a>) for years, it&#x27;s very fun! I&#x27;ve even been to Postcrossing meetups, where several members gather to sign postcards so you send them to people.In Postcrossing you put your address, and then you can request a random one. You put an ID, so when the recipient receives it, they register that number and you get a postcard from a random member.

where can you buy them? not at the post office, grocery store, nor the Hallmark near me. the cheap 19 cent postcard stamps also cannot be bought anymore.

Postcards, while travelling, are one of the very few instances when I write by hand, these days. 
I started about 20 years ago, I most usually only write the address and a smiley — the old school analogue medium is most of the message (that I take the time to pick a postcard, which then has to travel physically to reach the distance to its target).

Yes they do. In my last holiday I went around in the whole bar and everybody wrote a few word for my mom. The experience to do was very nice, the result was very fun and my mom was very happy and knew we had a fun time :-)

They&#x27;re everywhere. But if you&#x27;re short on time, buying the postcard is often easier than getting stamps and dropping it in a postbox.One petty complaint - generally across the world, stamp design has nosedived. Compared to old postage stamps, they have terrible typography and gaudy colours. I&#x27;ve generally been disappointed when buying stamps to put on postcards. Old stamps were truly works of art.

A year ago I started sending postcards to my 91 year old father because he has difficulties with modern forms of communication. They do still exist but you have to search for them.

treasure it, not as common an occurrence as it used to be

A friend just sent me one from Minnesota!

Every postcard tells a story