Hi, The distribution, if not the sale , of newspapers was assisted by the establishment of a postal service in 1710. My understand of the sentence is "The distribution of newspapers was assisted by the establishment of a postal service in 1710 Yes and the sale of newspapers was not assisted by the establishment of a postal service in 1710". No, see below.
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