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cover Envelope number 4 "Blarney-Stone" most unusually turned and re-used, originally sent from London to Beaconsfield with despatch datestamp of 4 July 1840 and fine red "Bond St. S.O./1D. PAID" on the pictorial side, then turned and affixed with 1840 1d. plate IV, SD, large margins three sides, just clipped at right, cancelled by red Maltese Cross, showing "MAIDENHEAD" despatch (20 July) and "BALLYSHANNON" arrival (23 July) datestamps; some slight creasing and minor perimeter faults but still fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1996). Photo