"penny post" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: penny posts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} penny post (plural penny posts)
  1. (historical) Any of various postal systems in which a letter could be sent for the price of one penny. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-penny_post-en-noun-PCvuSgHw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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