Lot 40213 – 1901 Registered cover to Mexico with “China” overprinted stamps and rare U.S. registry exchange label

1901 (Sept 19) Registered cover (rough opening at top) with heading of the “Der Ostasiatische Lloyd” from Shanghai to Mexico City, franked by 1898 type II 5pf, two examples with interpanneau margin at base, and 50pf, each tied by “SHANGHAI/DEUTSCHE POST” cds, alongside with rare U.S. registry exchange label of El Paso (narrow Roman letter “R”, Scott FX-EP1b, 29 examples recorded), as well as Mexico D.F. registration hs, Nagasaki, San Francisco, El Paso transit and Mexico receiving cds’s on reverse, an extraordinary and eye-catching usage.