"...a 'postman bike' from India. The caption reads "Prototype of a postman bike bearing the new logo of India Post and its slogan in Hindi: 'Dak Seva, Jan Seva' meaning Postal Service is Public Service."
And this postcard, one of our own British postmen featured on the cover of a Ladybird 'Easy-reading' book.
What also caught our attention was the way in which Missive Maven received these postcards. They arrived via Postcrossing which is something new to us.
What is Postcrossing? "It's a project that allows anyone to receive postcards (real ones, not electronic) from random places in the world." ... Read more.
What a great idea! We've just signed up. We'll keep you informed..!
Postcrossing Stats
434,720 members
216 countries
1,074 postcards/hour
19,199,491 postcards received
465,858 postcards traveling
99,488,955,924 km traveled
2,482,569 laps around the world
Sources:
Missive Maven
Postcrossing