Preferred label

Postal manipulation               

Alternative label

Transit-related manipulation; Folds to send 

Scope note

A physical alteration to a substrate during handling, couriering, or transmission by a public or private carrier.         

Parent concept

Manipulation       

uh-linked-data/concept/327        

Related concept                                                     

Material feature         

uh-linked-data/concept/332

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT       

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/389