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.