How to Remove Ink from Postcards

If you notice my earlier posts, some of the postcards were stamped in the front so it left ink marks in the beautiful postcards. I thought of just leaving it like that but then I read from a post in the Postcrossing Philippines group in Facebook that you can remove it by using cotton and alcohol or nail police remover. I tried using alcohol and here is the result! There are still ink left but it's not as visible as before.

Anyway, I also asked the postman to tell those who receive my postcards to put the stamp at the back so as not to 'damage' the picture. I think that's a better resolution.  My next batch of postcards arrived last Thursday and all of them were stamped in the back. Very good!

Postcard # 4

This is the 4th card that I got last March 18. I think it's really beautiful.

It was sent by Bohus from Slovakia.  He said this is the place where he grew up. Wow! I would have loved to live in this place, too.

Date Sent: March 3, 2014

Date Received: March 18, 2014

Direct Swap # 1

Someone sent me a message thru Postcrossing asking if we can do direct swap. I think it would be a good idea so I said yes. Then I tried initiating a swap with someone and this is the card that I got.

This is from Celine from France. I asked her if she could get me a postcard of the Eiffel Tower.

Date Sent: March 6, 2014

Date Received: March 18, 2014

Postcard # 3

This is the second among the four postcards I got last March 18. but the stamp says March 14. This one is from Thomas from Germany. I tried translating what was written on it. It says:  "Romantic Nuremberg"


Tiergartnertor Square with Kaisenburg
Wine Store
Heilig-Geist-Spital - "was the largest municipal institution for care of the sick and the elderly in the imperial city (Wikipedia).
Imperial Castle
Main Market with Frauenkirche
Main Market with St. Sebald

Date Sent: March 7, 2014
Date Received: March 18, 2014

Postcard # 2

I was getting impatient waiting for the cards so I went to the post office to ask if I have mail.  The postman gave me four cards so I was very happy. Among the four cards, I think this is the first one because the date in the card said it was received on March 12 but it was already March 18 when I went to the post office.

This one is from Daniel from Asturias, Spain. He said this is the "Sanctuary of Covadonga in Asturias, a remarkable spot in the mountains in which a battle took place in the 8th century."

Date Sent: February 26, 2014
Date Received: March 18, 2014

Postcard # 1

I was excited to get this from the mail. This is my very first official Postcrossing postcard and it's from Ika from Netherlands. 

Date Sent: February 16, 2014
Date Received: March 3, 2014