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miles in length so that every post
A stage, as a rule, varied from ten to twelve miles in length, so that every post town in England could now boast a modified form of penny postage, with the exception in most cases of delivery facilities.
— from The History of the British Post Office by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

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