SHANGHAI: 1899 Cover registered to Germany incl. registration receipt, cover franked with 50k, both cancelled by Shanghai 14.1.99 cds (T&S type 1), with receipt indicating that 4 lots were sent at the 10k foreign letter rate plus 10k for registration, cover with Shanghai, Hong Kong, Baden-Baden and Lichtenthal bs, boxed registered hs on obverse, some minor soiling, very rare and unusual with the receipt Note: The registration receipt shows that administration of Russian P.O.s in China at this time was from the adjoining Siberian region of Transbaikal.