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Frequently Asked Questions
History By Mail is a monthly subscription service for replicas of historical letters and documents. Each replica comes with a separate document explaining the context of the letter including its author, recipient, and relevance to the events of its time, as well as a transcription when necessary.
Letters come once every month and are charged either monthly, every 6 months, or annually (depending on your subscription plan).
Simply click the "Send as a gift" button on the selected subscription page and fill in the recipient's details. An email will be sent to the recipient on the date set on the "When should we tell the recipient about their gift?" field. You can choose the number of renewals you would like to gift the recipient by choosing from the "Gift Amount" options. Multiple renewals will be billed up front in a single charge. You can also add a message in the "Gift Message" section for a personalized touch.
The subscription recipient will receive a welcome letter with his or her first replica, explaining the History By Mail subscription.
If you want to purchase a subscription now, and would like the subscription to start at a later date, simply chat or email us at support@historybymail.com immediately after placing an order to let us know your desired ship date.
When you purchase a subscription as a gift, you have the freedom to choose when to notify the lucky recipient about their special present on the "When should we tell the recipient about their gift?" field on the gift page of the chosen subscription.
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Anonymous
Good Job, Guys!
This is a quality product. The documents are well presented and interesting. I have also been impressed by how thoughtful History By Mail is with their customer communication. So many subscription services take advantage of their customers by sneakily auto renewing without any warning and making their cancellation process intentionally convoluted. Not History By Mail. These guys sent me a reminder email over a week before my subscription was due to auto renew with an easy cancellation link included, just in case I wanted to use it. That is such a classy move. This is the kind of company I like dealing with. I have renewed my subscription for another year.
1 Year Subscription
William C.
Very interesting
Info about Annie Oakley not heard before
6 Month Subscription
Kristen K.
Fun and unique gift
I purchased this subscription as a gift for my son (age 14) who’s into history. When we received the first month we were very impressed with the replica documents and the extra information sheets giving historically accurate information on the document. Due to them being replicas, it can be difficult to read based on the language or font that everything used to be written in, so the info sheets that explain what everything means and says is so helpful. Very cool and unique gift idea. There’s also an option for Urban Legends that I added on which has really cool stuff!
Urban Legends Add-On Subscription
Payton A.
5 Star
Amazing customer service and exceptional quality of the letters. Bought as a gift for my mom and she loved it!
National Parks Add-On Subscription
Sheryl S.
History From the Source
Fascinating documents from American history in the mail every month make HistorybyMail an exceptional gift! The letter of context for the document is well researched and written. Wish I had received HBM when I was teaching high school history!
6 Month Subscription Gift
Julie H.
I love this subscription
For the past 2-3 years now, I’ve loved history. I’m 14 and only recently learned how much history meant to me. When my grandma discovered this, she immediately signed me up and at first glance I knew this was the best subscription I’ve ever subscribed to. History? And mail? My two favorite things! Since my school doesn’t have the ever history program, I’ve been so excited to get mail monthly and learn new things that happened sometime in the past. I highly recommend history by mail, it’s amazing.
1 Year Subscription
Eric R.
Great for history buffs
My husband loves history, and this is the perfect gift! He looks forward to his little nugget of history!
1 Year Subscription
Tara D.
Makes my Dad smile when opening the mailbox!
I gave History by Mail to my Dad years ago and he’s still loving it to this day. I love that he gets enjoyment out of ‘receiving mail’.
6 Month Subscription
Ted L.
Relearning History
It's been quite while since I've been in school, so this program is not only a re-education, but provides more depth then anything in a textbook.
1 Year Subscription
Lisa T.
Amazing Customer Service
I gifted my Dad a yearly subscription & for some reason they stopped coming. I reached out to customer service & we ultimately had to send to an alternative address. They resent the missing letters soon as we knew the updated address was working. They responded quickly & I didn't even have to ask for them to resend the missing ones. Plus, my Dad loves these letters.
History by Mail
Jake
Amazing
Love to receive these in the mail monthly.
History by Mail
Steven F.
👌
They do a very good job. I keep all mine in sheet protectors in a 4 ring notebook, my little archive.
Urban Legends Add-On Subscription
Stephen T.
One of my best birthday gifts
Have just received my first document and found it fascinating.
1 Year Subscription
William W.
Varied historical reads.
I really enjoy the variety of subject matter. concise and easy to read. Quick historical read.
6 Month Subscription
Lily S.
AWESOMENESS
Got this gift for my dad for his birthday & he lovesss it !
6 Month Subscription
