In the beginning of this year we have marked reaching 66,666 Postcards on the Colnect catalog. It's now summer, the year not even entering its final season, and the Postcards catalog has already reached its new impressive milestone of
77,777 Postcards on the catalog!
"Rila. Seven Lakes of Rila" 1982 Bulgaria Postcard, from the Colnect catalog |
We would like to thank the wonderful coordinators of the Postcards category, Vadym Sulimenko [Dravec] and Grzegorz Pająk [quarteris]. Their dedicated work developing the catalog is keeping it beautiful, updated and more and more complete every year.
"Alexei Leonov. The docking of Soyuz and Apollo. 1977" Soviet Union, USSR 1987 Postcard, from the Colnect catalog |
We would also like to thank all the dedicated help of all postcards editors and contributors that have helped add over 11,111 postcards this year.
"Seven sunset. Kamchatka, Kluchevskiy park" Russia 2014 Postcards, from the Colnect catalog |
256 Countries are featured on the catalog. The countries with most added postcards since the last milestone are Soviet Union, USSR, Czechoslovakia and Russia.
"Country house. 1877" Russia 2012 Postcard, from the Colnect catalog |
The oldest postcard added this year is from 1900 from Portugal, "Coimbra-Santa Clara, View". 135 Postcards issued in 2016 have been added to the catalog as well, from 9 different countries.
"Geirangerfjord and 'Seven Sisters' waterfall" Norway Postcard, from the Colnect catalog |
Want to help add more Postcards to the catalog? Please see our Postcards Catalog Contribution Guidelines. You can also read more details on contribution to Colnect on the Contributor Guide.
"Summer Palace. Seventeen-arch Bridge" China Postcard, from the Colnect catalog |