This IT engineer sometimes sends 100 postcards a month

Postcrossing is an analogue round-the-world trip with digital support. It’s a global project where postcard enthusiasts randomly receive addresses on postcrossing.com, a shared digital platform, to send handwritten greetings to all four corners of the world – and receive cards from over 80 countries. Thomas has been active on the platform since 2018. “At peak times, I’ve sent out up to 100 cards a month,” he says.

“For me, it’s the harmony between the card, stamp and postmark that makes the whole thing special.”

He doesn’t just pick the next best card and write a universal greeting. “For me, it’s very important that the overall harmony is right: the design of the card, the matching stamp and postmark – not simply of an anonymous letter distribution center, but a real post office. A little work of art then? “It’s certainly something I’m passionate about,” he says. His stamp collection is extensive, his postcards are sorted by design – landscapes, people, art cards, railways and much more – and he even travels throughout Switzerland to collect special cantonal postmarks.