When you are given an address from Postcrossing you certainly hope it will be delivered and better yet somewhat quickly. It has been an interesting study to see just how fast some cards are received and conversely how slow some take. It really helps to bring home the phrase "snail mail". If, after 60 days the card has not been registered it "expires". What this means is you can now send out another card to a different user (there is a limit as to how many card you can have travelling at once). I find one of the slowest countries to send to is Russia and this card is proof of that.
I sent this January 17 and it has never been registered.
It is hard to say what happens - lost in the mail? The other person lost interest in Postcrossing? I didn't write the correct number to register? Who knows, it is disappointing when they don't get delivered/registered and have no place to be shown off (other than here of course!).
UPDATE - This card was registered March 23 after travelling for 66 days - better late than never!!!
Yay! So glad it was registered! It's such a shame to have an expired postcard. Also, this design is so pretty - would have been a shame had it been lost!
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j.j.
"medusa242" on Postcrossing
Funny thing - I only sent two of these postcards and the other took 70+ days to get to Germany - started to think the design was jinxed! So far, knock on wood, I have only had one expire over the year, I do consider myself lucky!
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