MANGALURU: Mansoor Bolar, secretary, Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatics Association, is India's number 2 postcrosser.
The Postcrossing project was created in 2005 by Paulo Magalhaes when he was a student in Portugal. India has about 9,944 members, who have sent 2,99,778 postcards and received 2,90,457 postcards. Mukund from Pune leads as a postcrosser in India.
He has sent 6, 269 postcards, followed by Mansoor, who has sent 3,803 postcards and received 3,806 postcards from across the world. He joined the Postcrossing project on August 19, 2008.
Mansoor Bolar, a shipping agency employee, told TOI, "The goal of this project is to allow anyone to send and receive postcards from all over the world, and thus spread happiness among unknown people. The idea is that for each postcard you send, you will receive one back from a random postcrosser from somewhere in the world."
Before the internet, Pen Pals was an important medium of social networking. "We used to send and receive postcards. Once emails and social media came into being, I realized that it was really difficult to get postcards. Through other philatelists, I got to know about postcrossing and started buying postcards from Bengaluru and Chennai. Only a few reputed bookstores still keep a stock of postcards," he said.
Mansoor is passionate about collecting postcards on flora and fauna of any country, ships and submarines. He is also interested in collecting postcards with a message written in English. His collection includes postcards made from different material like wood, cork postcards, tin, fabric, postcards with seeds, leather cards and 3-D cards. He owns a collection of ship stamps. "I collect stamps from modern Russia and am interested in Russia's maxicards. As Russia is my collecting country, I also look for small souvenirs like flags and map cards that are unique to that country," he said.
Mansoor collects pre-independence era and commemorative coins and visits schools to spread awareness on philately.
The Postcrossing project was created in 2005 by Paulo Magalhaes when he was a student in Portugal. India has about 9,944 members, who have sent 2,99,778 postcards and received 2,90,457 postcards. Mukund from Pune leads as a postcrosser in India.
He has sent 6, 269 postcards, followed by Mansoor, who has sent 3,803 postcards and received 3,806 postcards from across the world. He joined the Postcrossing project on August 19, 2008.
Mansoor Bolar, a shipping agency employee, told TOI, "The goal of this project is to allow anyone to send and receive postcards from all over the world, and thus spread happiness among unknown people. The idea is that for each postcard you send, you will receive one back from a random postcrosser from somewhere in the world."
Before the internet, Pen Pals was an important medium of social networking. "We used to send and receive postcards. Once emails and social media came into being, I realized that it was really difficult to get postcards. Through other philatelists, I got to know about postcrossing and started buying postcards from Bengaluru and Chennai. Only a few reputed bookstores still keep a stock of postcards," he said.
Mansoor is passionate about collecting postcards on flora and fauna of any country, ships and submarines. He is also interested in collecting postcards with a message written in English. His collection includes postcards made from different material like wood, cork postcards, tin, fabric, postcards with seeds, leather cards and 3-D cards. He owns a collection of ship stamps. "I collect stamps from modern Russia and am interested in Russia's maxicards. As Russia is my collecting country, I also look for small souvenirs like flags and map cards that are unique to that country," he said.
Mansoor collects pre-independence era and commemorative coins and visits schools to spread awareness on philately.
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