[Salt Lake City to Russia, 1856] “Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov 1” datestamp on 1856 cover St. Petersburg, Russia, sheet margin pair of 12c black (#17) tied overpaying 21c British Open Mail rate by US packet, it was carried in the arduous Feramorz Little overland mail to Independence, which left Salt Lake City on December 10 and arrived on February 27 - almost 80 days in transit due to snow conditions, London transit backstamp, Prussian Closed Mail datestamp and Russian arrival backstamps, cover reduced irregularly at top and minor faults, an outstanding use

(MWE Figure 7-10), ex Risvold and Walske (Image)