5¢ Red Brown (12), full margins to clear, used with two pairs of 10¢ Green, Types II and III (32, 33), bright shade, tied by "Troy N.Y. Paid Feb. 2, 1858" circular datestamps and square grid cancels on light blue folded letter to Saugor, Hindustan (India), sender's directive "Overland via Southampton" and "Paid" with correct 45¢ postage for British Mail via Southampton--carried on the Cunarder Europa, departing New York February 3, 1858, and arriving at Liverpool February 15--red "New-York Br. Pkt. Feb. 3" backstamp, magenta manuscript "40" credit, red "London Paid" transit datestamp (February 16)--the journey to India continued from Great Britain on the Peninsular & Oriental Line steamer Columbo, departing Southampton February 20, and arriving at Alexandria (Egypt) March 5; carried overland to Suez and from there by the steamers to Aden and Bombay--red Bombay transit and Saugor receiving datestamp (April 14) on back, receipt docketing "Recd Ap. 14, 1858", left 10¢ small tear, 5¢ small corner crease, still Very Fine, only three 5¢ 1856 covers to India are recorded, ex "Patrick Henry" (Molesworth), Mayer and Hackmey, illustrated in Frajola-Mayer, The United States Five Cent Stamp of 1856 (p. 133), with 2006 P.F. certificate

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