2¢ Sheet Stamp - Most On Cover
Currently, the largest known number of the 2¢ sheet stamp on cover, parcel piece, or tag is: 42.
Description: First-class parcel piece mailed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Baltimore, Maryland containing 42 copies of the 2-cent sheet stamp paying 28 times the first-class rate.
Owner/Source: Charles Gherman
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Currently, the second largest known number of the 2¢ sheet stamp on cover, parcel piece, or tag is: 39.
Description: First class parcel piece containing 39 copies of the 2-cent sheet stamp.
Owner/Source: Bob Hohertz
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Currently, the third largest known number of the 2¢ sheet stamp on cover, parcel piece, or tag is: 20.
Description: Insured parcel piece containing 20 copies of the 2-cent sheet stamp.
Owner/Source: Bob Hohertz
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Description: Insured air mail envelope containing 20 copies of the 2-cent sheet stamp paying the 40 cent air mail rate from Buffalo, New York to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cover, which is censored, was mailed March 28, 1944.
Owner/Source: Hal Klein.
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There is also another cover bearing 20 of the 2-cent sheet stamp pictured in the Robert Dalton Harris article on "Domestic First Class Frankings" (page 50) in the book Prexie Postal History (2003 second edition) edited by Richard W. Helbock and published by La Posta Publications. In that instance, the 20 2-cent stamps paid 3 cents postage, a 7 cent return receipt fee, and 30 cent registry fee.