World Postcard Day postcard gallery

Every year, a postcard is chosen to illustrate that year’s World Postcard Day theme. Each year’s postcard design is made available for free, so that anyone can print and send it. These postcards (and countless others!) make their way across the world on October 1st, creating a wave of postal joy that celebrates World Postcard Day.

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2025 - Wish you were here

Uran Duo

“Wish you were here” is the classic phrase that travels on postcards, and it is 2025's World Postcard Day theme as well. With just four words, it captures everything a postcard is about: the moment you pause, look around, and think of someone far away with whom you would love to share the view or the adventure you’re having.

This year’s World Postcard Day artwork by Uran Duo celebrates that instant of connection, inviting you to pick up a card, jot down a few lines, and bridge the distance between “here” and “there” in the nicest way paper and postage can offer.

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Illustration of a woman looking out over a sunny, green landscape filled with floating postcards; text at the bottom reads 'World Postcard Day 2025'

2024 - The timeless magic of the post

Rose Wong

The 2024’s World Postcard Day design embraces the theme “The Timeless Magic of the Post“, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). Founded in 1874, the UPU has played a crucial role in connecting people across the globe, by fostering international cooperation between postal services and creating a unified postal network.

Rose’s vibrant and whimsical interpretation of the theme features a flurry of postcards, stamps and letters that seem to dance and float in the air, as if caught in a joyful whirlwind. It’s a delightful celebration of the enduring magic of the postal system, honoring the UPU’s 150-year history of bringing the world together, one postcard at a time.

An illustration celebrating World Postcard Day 2024, featuring various postcards, stamps, and envelopes floating on a vibrant orange background. The scene includes elements like a cityscape, trees, and stars, with a whimsical character in the center.

2023 - Postal hugs

Lisa Saputra, Indonesia

"Once in a blue moon, the two long lost friends meet and hug each other. Their hundreds of letters and postcards roamed the oceans before they finally met. Now they can say, “till we meet again, my dear friend!”

A child on a boat extends her arms up to the moon above, who is waiting for an embrace. Between them, a postcard shines, and other postcards float around.

2022 - World peace

Pauline Chrétien, France

"Postcards can deliver a little bit of hope and kindness to people who need it, and to show our support to every victim of conflict on earth. That is why I chose to represent world peace through postcards, delivered by doves, this bird that symbolizes peace around the world."

A group of white doves with postcards on their beaks is flying around, delivering postcards to several different mailboxes. Overhead is written World Postcard Day 2022.

2021 - Across the world on a postcard

Shao-hua Wu, Taiwan

"Postcard with the exotic scenery delivered to every postcrosser. Made our mind travel to different places on postcards. Bring the local daily and special memory to people’s normal day."

The official postcard of the World Postcard Day 2021 features a hand writing hello on an oversized postcard, showing different monuments from around the world.

2020 - Postcard revolution

Leandro Ferreira, Portugal

A colorful and quirky illustration of postal-related themes, featuring a big red 2020 in the center, and several characters and postboxes with mail flying between them.