20,020 Functional Cards on Colnect!

We're happy to announce 20,020 Functional Cards surpassed on the Colnect catalog.

"163.com" Chinese Internet Access functional card, from the Colnect catalog

The catalog has been growing, adding about 500 cards every month. There are currently 24 different functions represented on the catalog, from 110 countries and 891 industries.

"VIP Card Arbat" Bulgarian Restaurant and Cafe functional card, from the Colnect catalog

We would like to thank the wonderful coordinators of the category, Yury Yelensky [Landerstorm] and Vsevolod Ilyinskiy [vgi21], as well as to all the categories contributors.

"Play Land Park" Argentinian Game Center functional card, from the Colnect catalog 

The category was founded in the beginning of 2013 following an in depth discussion among collectors about the subject.

"Spar Card" Albanian Supermarket functional card, from the Colnect catalog

Would like to help improve the functional cards catalog? Learn more on the Contributor Guide.

"Cherries" Belgium Restaurant and Cafe functional card, from the Colnect catalog

More than 66,666 Hotel Key Cards!

A year and a half ago, we were celebrating 50,005 Hotel Key Cards on the catalog. Now, over 16,666 Hotel Key Cards later, we are proud to mark the new milestone of 66,666 Hotel Key Cards, showing that the catalog is only growing faster and better as the milestones pass.

"Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - Queen of hearts" Canadian hotel key card, from the Colnect catalog

With a rate of over 1,666 cards added every month, Colnect now features a catalog with Hotel Key Cards from 196 countries, 2,907 hotel chains and 292 themes.

"Hostal de la Gavina ***** GL" Spanish hotel key card, from the Colnect catalog

We would like to thank the coordinators of the category, Ignacio F López Vico [iflvico] and Angel L. Nebro [a1954], for their wonderful work on the hotel key cards catalog.

"Renaissance Golden View Beach Resort" Egyptian hotel key card, from the Colnect catalog

We would also like to express our appreciation for the contributors who make, by adding card after card, this catalog look the way it does today.

"Carlton Inter-Continental Cannes" French hotel key card, from the Colnect catalog

Would like to help add key cards to the catalog? Learn more on the Contributor Guide.

"Park Silver Obelisco Hotel" Argentinian hotel key card, from the Colnect catalog

Over 33,333 Beer Coasters!

There are now over 33,333 Beer Coasters on the Colnect catalog!

"1664" French Beer Coaster, from the Colnect catalog

Since it started in January 2011, the catalog grew and developed, raising quality as it goes along.

"Siebenstern Brau" Austrian Beer Coaster, from the Colnect catalog

The catalog features coasters from 158 countries and 5,552 brands (!).

"'t Geheim van de Smit" Netherlands Beer Coaster, from the Colnect catalog

We would like to thank the coordinator of the category, fugitive, for his dedicated management of the catalog for over 4 years that has brought it to where it is today.

"Adambrau" Austrian Beer Coaster, from the Colnect catalog

We would also like to thank the great contributors of the Beer Coasters catalog, without which, there will be no coasters :)

"Timothy Taylor's" UK Beer Coaster, from the Colnect catalog

Would like to help add coasters to the catalog? Learn more on the Contributor Guide help page.

"Wilkenburger" German Beer Coaster, from the Colnect catalog

24,242 Bank Cards Passed!

We're happy to announce the Bank Cards category passing 24,242 Bank Cards.

"Caja Segovia" Spanish Bank Card, from the Colnect catalog

A new milestone reached is a great opportunity to celebrate the veteran category on Colnect that, since it's creation in 2009, has grown into a beautiful catalog.

"Siberian Merchant Bank. Yellow horses" Russian Bank Card, from the Colnect catalog

136 countries are represented, with cards issued on a range of years, from 1966 to 2016, with each card accompanied with a nice illustrative picture.

"Aldeas Infantiles SOS" Spanish Bank Card, from the Colnect catalog

329 Themes are displayed on the various items on the catalog, from Actors to Zodiac.

"Raiffeisenbank – Uniqa – 1" Bulgarian Bank Card, from the Colnect catalog

We would like to thank the wonderful work of the coordinator of the category, Irina Alferova [alfcard], that has done greatly in maintaining and growing the catalog. We would also like to thank, on this occasion, Jarosław Mróz [qra1969] and past coordinators Emilio Orta [Emilioorta], zild17 and Hendy Florez [hflorez].

"Universitaria" Spanish Bank Card, from the Colnect catalog

Would like to help add Bank Cards to the catalog? Learn more on the Contributor Guide help page.

"Banco Cetelem - Actual" Spanish Bank Card, from the Colnect catalog

We wish all the best to this great catalog, see you on the next milestone!

3,333 Admission Tickets on Colnect

Only a little more than half a year passed since we have announced the start of the new catalog of Admission Tickets. In its beginning, the category included 989 tickets, and it has a come a long way since then.

"Trumper" USA Disneyland admission ticket, from the Colnect catalog

Today, the category is reaching 3,333 Admission Tickets, from 73 countries. All tickets are accompanied with quality images.

"Glungezerbahn" Austria admission ticket, from the Colnect catalog

Admission Tickets have been added from different periods, from a Yugoslavian ticket dating back to 1951 up until a range of tickets from the current year.

"Tennis Thailand Open 2003" Thailand admission ticket, from the Colnect catalog

We'd like to thank the coordinator of the Admission Tickets category, Hernán Bofill [hbofill12], and the contributors that have brought this catalog to life.
Over 321 collectors have already marked items from the catalog on their lists. Do you have any admission tickets to mark? Browse the catalog to find your tickets.

"Masked Rider - Stronger" Thailand admission ticket, from the Colnect catalog

Would like to help add admission tickets to the catalog? Learn more on the Contributor Guide help page or post your question on the forums.

"Tiergarten is Schönbrunn - Adult tickets - Lemures" Austria Admission Ticket, from the Colnect catalog

77,777 Postcards on Colnect!

In the beginning of this year we have marked reaching 66,666 Postcards on the Colnect catalog. It's now summer, the year not even entering its final season, and the Postcards catalog has already reached its new impressive milestone of 

77,777 Postcards on the catalog!

"Rila. Seven Lakes of Rila" 1982 Bulgaria Postcard, from the Colnect catalog

We would like to thank the wonderful coordinators of the Postcards category, Vadym Sulimenko [Dravec] and Grzegorz Pająk [quarteris]. Their dedicated work developing the catalog is keeping it beautiful, updated and more and more complete every year.

"Alexei Leonov. The docking of Soyuz and Apollo. 1977" Soviet Union, USSR 1987 Postcard, from the Colnect catalog

We would also like to thank all the dedicated help of all postcards editors and contributors that have helped add over 11,111 postcards this year.

"Seven sunset. Kamchatka, Kluchevskiy park" Russia 2014 Postcards, from the Colnect catalog

256 Countries are featured on the catalog. The countries with most added postcards since the last milestone are Soviet Union, USSR, Czechoslovakia and Russia.

"Country house. 1877" Russia 2012 Postcard, from the Colnect catalog

The oldest postcard added this year is from 1900 from Portugal, "Coimbra-Santa Clara, View". 135 Postcards issued in 2016 have been added to the catalog as well, from 9 different countries.

"Geirangerfjord and 'Seven Sisters' waterfall" Norway Postcard, from the Colnect catalog

Want to help add more Postcards to the catalog? Please see our Postcards Catalog Contribution Guidelines. You can also read more details on contribution to Colnect on the Contributor Guide.

"Summer Palace. Seventeen-arch Bridge" China Postcard, from the Colnect catalog

Coins Reaching 66,666 on Colnect

In an appropriate tribute to the year 2016, we're happy to celebrate Colnect Coins catalog passing the 66,666 Coins mark.

This year we have seen a lot of positive progress for Numismatic collectibles on Colnect. Maybe most importantly, we've seen the addition of the Year Variants in the coins catalog.

1 Mahbub (With rose) Gold Coin from Egypt, 1730, from the Colnect catalog  

With over a thousand new coins added every month, the coins catalog is growing in impressive speed. The speed does not come at the expense of the quality of the catalog, that maintains it's high standards for information and images.

500 Tenge (Abulkhair khan) Silver Coin from Kazakhstan, 2016, from the Colnect catalog 

The success of the catalog is due to the impeccable work of the coordinators, Angelo Parla [angelo13] and Hernán Bofill [hbofill12], and the dedicated editors and contributors of the category.

1 Sovereign (Victoria Queen) Gold Coin from Australia, 1855, from the Colnect catalog

If you would like to help add items to the catalog, please see our Catalog Contribution Guidelines page.

500 Dinara (Preserve Planet Earth Series - Brontosaurus) Copper-Nickel Coin from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1993, from the Colnect catalog

We wish all the best to the catalog that is getting better and better every month. There's a bright and shiny future for this numismatic category.

1 Cent (Silver edition) from Sierra Leone, 1964, from the Colnect catalog

Over 80008 Tea Bags on the Colnect catalog!

As is becoming a yearly tradition, we are now celebrating a new milestone for the Tea Bags catalog, surpassing 80,008 Tea Bags. In a perfect succession we have previously celebrated 70,070 tea bags in 2015 and 60,006 tea bags in 2014.

"Thank god..." Netherlands Tea Bag, from the Colnect catalog

This year over 10,000 unique new tea bags have been added to the catalog. The leading countries, by numbers, remain Germany, USA, UK and the Netherlands. At the same time, we've had new countries joining this year with their first representing tea bag, such as Mali and Kuwait.

"Calmer Chameleon Infusion" UK Tea Bag, from the Colnect cataog

The catalog's growth is meticulously and carefully conducted by the wonderful coordinator, Carine De Pauw [crookscarine]. The coordinator's dedicated work and high standards resulted in this perfectly cohesive, beautiful and comfortable catalog. You can read more about the Tea Bags coordinator in a short interview we had with her in 2011.

"Earl Grey Tea Blend" Netherlands Tea Bag, from the Colnect catalog

In April 2013, crookscarine has also created the Tea Labels catalog, that matches the Tea Bags catalog. This catalog is also now rapidly growing and already contains over 4000 tea labels.

"High Quality Sencha Tea Bag" Japan Tea Bag, from the Colnect catalog

We would like to thank the Tea Bags coordinator and the great contributors, for the excellent effort they have made to bring this catalog to its current vision.

"Senne Oczka" Poland Tea Bag, from the Colnect catalog

Would like to join as a contributor on the Tea Bags catalog? Learn more here how you can help. Want to help on Colnect in some other way? Please read the Contributor Guide for more information.

"Premium Ceylon Tea Irish Breakfast" USA Tea Bag, from the Colnect catalog

99,999 Gift Cards on Colnect!

We have reached a new milestone  - 99.999 gift cards in the catalog! You cannot believe how diverse the category is. 

"Fruits", Lithuania, from the Colnect catalog

73 countries, 270 themes and 58 currencies - that's the Gift Cards Catalog! 1,300+ registered collectors have developed the catalog, making it one of the biggest categories on Colnect.

"Hannukah candlestick", Canada, from the Colnect catalog

We are incredibly grateful to the Category coordinator - Claude Martin [Claude]. Our catalog would not be as unique and as interesting, without your help.

"Pilipinas Eagle", Philippines, from the Colnect catalog

Additionally, many thanks to our dear category contributors for adding so much amazing content.

"Clef", France, from the Colnect catalog

And surely, we are thankful to editors for keeping everything in order - editors Dieter Siedel [jrds26], Eyüp Güçmen [kolleksiyon], Hans Meeuwisse [steamtrain], Irina Alferova [alfcard], Karl Heinz Degener [neizi] and others.

"Calendar", Japan, from the Colnect catalog

Our catalog constantly requires help from you, our dear collectors. Please take a look on The Contribution Guidelines and develop our community!

"KaDeWe Berlin", Germany, from the Colnect catalog

You are welcome to participate in our gift card collectors poll -  How often do you use gift cards?:)

"B&G Store", Turkey, from the Colnect catalog 

Happy Colnecting! :)