The Post Office is going to allow each person interested one free letter to a friend to coincide with the release of HBO’s John Adams Miniseries.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to encourage letter writing, the post office is trying a new tack, offering to let people mail a card to a friend for free.

Until March 31, people can get a free card, postage included, which they can use to send a message to a friend.

The cost of the project was not immediately available, officials said Thursday. Covering the cost is Home Box Office. The cable network is promoting its miniseries on John Adams, much of which is based on the letters of the second American president and his wife, Abigail.

The free cards are available at http://www.poweroftheletter.com by clicking on Free John Adams Greeting Card.

“Letters and cards are personal, you can hold them, you can read them over and over again, and keep them forever - these are things that e-mail and text messaging cannot replace,” said Anita Bizzotto, chief marketing officer for the Postal Service.

It is one to a customer, the Web site notes.

I don’t write many letters, but it might be time to start the habit again for something other than bills. Also, I can’t wait for the John Adams miniseries, being a huge Paul Giamatti fan.

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