Postcrossing Postcard and Stamp #47


This blog will primarily be on two things; Postcrossing postcards and stamps I have received, my collection of items having to do with the surname Lillis. Because this is my personal blog I will also post on what happens to be interesting to me which can be pretty random. I hope my interesting is also your interesting.
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Yesterday I received an e-mail from Postcrossing that the card I sent to Finland US-298995 has arrived. This card is a personal milestone of 100 sent postcards and to commemorate the event I sent this person a congratulations greeting card along with an Akoha mission card "Give Someone a Greeting Card". Don't know about Akoha? Check out this nifty comic that explains how the reality based play it forward game is played.
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My buddy Ian just arrived home from his 54 days in Japan and brought me gifts. I had asked him for one thing and that was a Coke can from Japan and he came through with a can; it almost looks the same as a can here in the US but with nutrition and ingredients in Japanese. The big surprise is that he brought me more stuff! |
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He also got me a postcard sent from Mount Fuji that was stamped with a special cancellation that can only be gotten from Mt Fuji. Very cool and a nice addition to both my postcard collection and stamp collection. ![]() |
There are 4 cancellations on this card with 3 of them being the special cancellations from Mt Fuji Post Office. ![]() |
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I just finished filling out 7 Postcrossing postcards that I will be mailing out tomorrow; they are going to the following countries: Germany, Finland (x2), China, Latvia, Lithuania and Portugal. Here is to hoping they all make it to their destinations.
Happy Postcrossing,
Richard
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I have now posted postcrossing postcards #1-35 that I have received from around the world and still have 40 more cards to scan; I hope to get these scanned and uploaded soon. Here are my postcrossing stats as of today:
» Sent: 79 postcards
» Received: 75 postcards
» Traveling: 1 postcard out of 8
» Sent distance: 755,173 Kms (469,243 miles)
» Received distance: 717,384 Kms (445,762 miles)
I also have 3 expired(traveling over 60 days) cards:
* Brazil(erii) traveling 74 days
* Greece(dst121gr) traveling 191 days
* Germany(McCoize_de) traveling 233 days (this was my very first card ever mailed!)
Maybe one day these cards will get unstuck from a mail sorting machine and arrive. :)
Happy Postcrossing,
Richard
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![]() Postcard #34 is from China and is a photo of Statues on the Peak Flying From Afar. This card traveled 10,599 Kms (6,586 Miles) and took 20 days to get to me. |
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It has been almost three weeks since joining the Akoha beta by confirming my first mission and I’m doing pretty well. Although I still have not received a “real” mission deck I have been able to make good use of the Mission HQ and added several cards to my deck that I was able to print out and play with friends and co-workers. I am doing so well that that my karma point total puts me in seventh place amongst all Akohans and only a few hundred points away from over taking sixth and fifth place. Watch out Austin I’m going to pass you. :)
So far I have played 13 missions to people and confirmed 4 missions that were played to me. Playing the thirteenth mission advanced me to level 6 which at the moment means nothing but I am sure as the months roll along new features will be added that can apply meaning to a level gained. I already have my next mission (Give Someone a Surprise Gift) planned and will play it as soon as I acquire the item I am giving. One of my recently played missions was “Give Someone a Plant” and I’m looking forward to seeing this mission get played forward; a new plant is always a nice gift to receive. This was a user submitted mission and I think a great candidate to be turned into an official card. About two weeks ago I submitted a couple mission ideas of my own (“Give Someone a Recipe” and “Give Someone a Memory”) and am looking forward to seeing them get through moderation and become available in the Mission HQ soon. If a mission like “Make Love to Your Lover” [I think this mission is for swingers, otherwise a strange mission to ask to be played forward :-)] can make it on the list then mine should have a chance.
I would have a lot more missions played but it has been a challenge getting some friends to join the game and I think part of the problem is calling Akoha a game. Once they hear game they start thinking video games and time sink. So I have started telling people this is more of an activity that encourages social interaction and not really a game, points and levels are just for fun. Hopefully I’ll get more friends playing and will get missions played all over town. I may start playing missions to a few random people just to see what happens, so far it has worked well with a mission I played to a fellow Postcrosser in Germany; she joined and has already played a mission to a friend.
Back to playing Akoha; could you be the next recipient of a mission card?
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![]() Postcard #33 is from Germany and is a map card from Dresden. |
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![]() Postcard #32 is from China and is a photo of the Imperial Palace in Shen Yang. This card traveled 11,725 Kms (7,286 Miles) and took 9 days to get to me. |
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![]() Postcard #31 is from Finland and is a photo of a mining car from Tytyri Mine. This card traveled 9,049 Kms (5,623 Miles) and took 8 days to get to me. |
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![]() Postcard #30 is from China; the card text says this photo is of "Water Cave in Ben Xi", I found this photo collection from Ben Xi. This card traveled 11,725 Kms (7,286 Miles) and took 13 days to get to me. |
![]() The stamp on the right is preprinted with the same image on the front of the card and the other stamp is a nice mountain scene. |
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