Postcard Wars

Ladies and gentlemen,

The time has come. Let the voting begin!

You have proven yourselves senders of amazing postcards, discoverers of great treasures and deliverers of golden greetings. Thanks for a great season. Now it’s time to pick a winner.

Be sure to examine this site’s full list of each and every postcard received. Choose carefully, and use any criteria that you deem fitting. For example, is the postcard amusing? Is the postcard from a place that’s difficult to reach, or difficult to stay alive in when reached? Does the postcard feature naked people?

When you have decided on a winner, reply to this post below — where it says ‘Comments’ — and leave your name and your choice for Postcard of the Year. Please only vote once. This isn’t Florida in the year 2000.

The winner will receive a sweet prize. And if your postcard does not win Postcard of the Year, don’t despair. Voting is still to come in a host of subcategories such as Most Dangerous Postcard to Obtain, Most Disturbing Postcard, etc.

Voting for Postcard of the Year will close promptly on Christmas morning — just about two weeks from now.

Ready, go!

Excusez-moi, s’il vous plait. Pardon me. I have been less than diligent in uploading postcards to The Wars, though The Wars continues to receive them — and what great postcards too!

Below you will find the latest entries to reach Postcard Wars, and they are among the last of the year. Last, however, certainly does not mean least, and some of the treasures we admire here today really are among the best of the best. Enjoy, and thank you!

TUNISIA! THE FIRST AFRICAN COUNTRY TO APPEAR ON THESE PAGES!

Thanks very much for this. I have been waiting for Africa for a long, long time.

A PAIR OF GREETINGS FROM ALBANIA — ONE TERRIFYING, ONE HILARIOUS

Nothing quite beats this: You know those free postcards that bars around the world feature? So this one’s from Hamburg, as in Germany. It was TAKEN from a bar in Hamburg and was SOLD in Albania, to our buddy The Goose. Simply amazing. What the hell is this, anyway? Why is it so disturbing?

And then we have this one — clearly worth the money. Three babies, in various emotional states. As the author of the postcard writes on the back: “All these years, with all our touchy feely schooling, I never learned the emotion ‘cry’ ” Three cheers for awful English.

BIRNAU, GERMANY — AM BODENSEE

Thanks Mom. The Bodensee is always appreciated.

MUNICH, GERMANY, BY WAY OF MARYLAND, WHERE THE POSTCARD WAS PURCHASED

The beauty of Bavaria — where’s the Hofbrauhaus? ‘In Muenchen steht ein Hofbrauhaus…’

FLORIDA, HO!

Shaniqua and Katie, represent! Welcome to Postcard Wars!

SUN-SHINE-STATE! SUN-SHINE-STATE! SUN-SHINE-STATE! SUN-SHINE-STATE!