Send Handwritten Letters that get results with Postalgia

Send personalized, handwritten letters that leave a lasting impression

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The Undeniable Results of Handwritten Letters: Why send Handwritten Letter campaigns?

Open Rates

Handwritten Envelopes get the highest open rates of any direct mail in the market. What never gets opened can’t get read, and so the handwritten envelope becomes an ever-important element for achieving high returns on your direct mail campaign.

Conversion Rates

In live head-to-head tests with large nonprofit customers, handwritten letters perform 2-3x better than printed mail!

Lasting Impressions

In another test with a large nonprofit client, the lasting positive effect of handwritten letters was so strong that prospects who received a handwritten card were 30% more likely to give when asked to make a donation more than 6 weeks later!

How it Works

  1. Design your campaign
    Work with our campaign strategists and creative team to conceptualize your handwritten mail campaign and bring your design to life.
  2. Craft your message
    Include unlimited variables and personalizations in your message to give it maximum impact.
  3. Choose your handwriting
    Choose from our list of dozens of handwriting styles, or digitize your own handwriting.
  4. Make a list
    Our account managers help clean, correct, and sort your data to make sure that your recipient list conforms to USPS or Canada Post standards to minimize undeliverable mail.
  5. Check it twice
    Review your proofs with our account management team to ensure that everything is just right, and make any last-minute tweaks.
  6. Handwritten with care
    Once your campaign is sent to production, our team will print, cut, handwrite, match, fold, insert, seal, and stamp your letters with the utmost professionalism and attention to detail.
  7. Delivered to the doorstep
    Your personalized letters are delivered directly to your recipients via USPS or Canada Post.
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Love Letters from Our Customers

“We recently had Postalgia design a unique mail piece directed to our recent alumni audience, which beat the control 3 to 1. We were pleased with the customer service, quality of creative, and results.”

John Flaver Jr.

Assistant Director, Marketing Operations at New York University

New York University

“We’ve seen that integrating “hand-written” stewardship touchpoints has had a measurably positive impact on our fundraising work. In a recent test, donors who received a personal note gave nearly 29% more than those who did not! I would highly recommend working with Postalgia.”

Rebecca Yturregui

Vice President, Donor Relations and Philanthropic Impact Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

CJP

“Handwritten messages has been a great benefit to us — with this personalized touch, it’s given us some wonderful heartfelt moments with our donors, and has saved us so much time. Postalgia has opened up some unique opportunities to us, and we find new ways to expand our outreach with their technology.”

Andi Blija

Multimedia & Creative Manager at Make-A-Wish® Alaska and Washington

Make A Wish

“Postalgia has been an invaluable partner in our stewardship efforts – impacting a myriad of donor types and streamlining projects for multiple departments. The result has been incredibly beautiful and effective printed touchpoints. This unique communication method ensures our supporters feel appreciated and part of our organizational family. The creativity, flexibility, and strategic approach of our Postalgia counterparts is second to none. They take our vision and make it into extraordinary deliverables!”

Faryal M. Khatri

Stewardship Specialist at Children’s Medical Center Foundation

Children's Health

Handwriting for Every type of Direct Mail

Perfect for increasing conversion rates, engagement rates, and retention rates

Increase Open Rates – Your letter can’t have an impact if it never gets opened. Handwritten envelopes get opened nearly every time.

Pump Up Conversion rates – Whether fundraising for donations, selling a service or product, or persuading voters to vote, handwritten letters capture attention and increase conversion rates

Step Up Your Stewardship – Show your donors that you care and keep your customers coming back. Nothing conveys effort and care like a handwritten letter.

Browse different designs and use cases for every type of campaign.

Frequently asked Questions

What can I use Postalgia's handwritten letters for?

Organizations use Postalgia’s handwritten letters across a wide range of outreach: donor thank-you and stewardship notes, fundraising appeals, welcome and onboarding letters, lapsed-supporter win-backs, voter and constituent outreach, real estate prospecting, financial client communications, and campaigns run on behalf of agencies and mail service providers. If your goal is to make a recipient feel personally recognised, a handwritten letter is one of the most effective formats Postalgia offers.

Postalgia works with nonprofits, political campaigns, real estate teams, financial organizations, and marketing agencies. Clients including New York University, Make-A-Wish, and Children’s Medical Center Foundation have used Postalgia’s handwritten mail to deepen donor relationships and lift engagement.

In Postalgia’s experience, yes — and measurably. Handwritten envelopes achieve the highest open rates of any direct mail, and in live head-to-head tests with large nonprofit clients, handwritten letters have outperformed printed mail by 2–3x. In one test, recipients of a handwritten piece were 30% more likely to give when asked to donate more than six weeks later.

Every letter Postalgia produces is written individually rather than mass-printed. You can address recipients by name, insert unlimited variable fields, tailor the message to different audience segments, and include your own signature — so a single campaign can feel one-to-one across your entire list. No two letters come out identical.

Postalgia produces campaigns from a few hundred letters up to hundreds of thousands, with a minimum order of 400. Its robotic handwriting technology runs around the clock, so large volumes are handwritten at genuine scale without sacrificing the authentic feel of each individual letter.

Yes. Postalgia mails throughout the United States and Canada, inducting American mail in Buffalo, NY and Canadian mail in Toronto, ON so letters enter the postal stream close to their destination.

Yes. Postalgia’s account managers help clean, correct, and sort your recipient data so it conforms to USPS or Canada Post standards, which keeps undeliverable mail to a minimum before your handwritten letters go into production.

 There’s no rigid word count — Postalgia handwrites everything from short personal notes to full-page appeals. Your account manager will advise on layout and handwriting style so the message fits the space cleanly and still reads naturally.

You’ll be paired with an account manager who guides you through design, message copy, handwriting selection, and list preparation, then produces proofs for your approval. Once approved, most handwritten letter campaigns are in the mail within about two weeks.

Get In Touch

Email Address: info@postalgia.ink
Phone Number: +1 877-842-3132
Contact Form: For inquiries and special requests.

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