Lot 60653 – 1900 Cover sent registered to France with “KITAI”

1900 Cover sent registered to France with “KITAI” 1k (4), 2k (3), 3k, 5k (2), 7k and 10k, all tied by SHANKHAYA POCHTOVAYA KONTORA 4.IIII.1900 (T&S type 1), paying triple 10k rate plus registration, with rare registration label in English adjacent reading “I(mperial). R(ussian). P(ost). O(ffice). / Shanghai, China,” with French paquebot ds struck on SS Tonkin, Marseille and Chauny bs, a highly attractive franking and rare registered cover, ex Dr. Casey