Germany and What Happens If Your Card Doesn't Have A Postcard ID!

DE-3929283

This panoramic card of a small light house was a bit of a mystery as the Postcrossing sender forgot to include the above postcard ID code.  

The postcard ID code is the code I put near the top of each and every official Postcrossing card blog post.  In this case, the code is "DE-2929283".  When you get a card via Postcrossing, you go to the website and register the card using that specific card ID.  

If someone forgets to put the ID on the card, puts the incorrect ID on the card, or the card ID is damaged and unreadable, you can go to this website for unknown postcards.  On the website, you can enter in all sorts of information about the ID-less card and the good people at Postcrossing will try to figure out which card you received.  

In this case, I had the sender's name (Thomas), the date marked on the card (January 29, 2015), the country (Germany, from the stamp), and that the stamp cancel markings mentioned the German city of Koln (Colonge, in English), and of course a description of what the card looked like..  

Within probably less than an hour, I received an email telling me what the correct postcard ID was for the card and I was able to register it.