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$5 Sheet Stamp - Most On Cover

Currently, the largest known number of the $5 sheet stamp on cover, parcel piece, or tag is: 71.

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Description: Registered cover from Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco to Bank of America in Sacramento, CA.

Owner/Source: The Prexie Era Newsletter, Number 74, Summer 2016.

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Currently, the second largest known number of the $5 sheet stamp on cover, parcel piece, or tag is: 57.

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Description: Cover containing 57 copies-53 on front and 4 on reverse plus 3 copies of the $1 and one each of the 30¢ and 3¢ sheet stamps on reverse.

Owner/Source: The Prexies by Roland E. Rustad, published by Bureau Issues Association, page 331, 1994.

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Currently, the third largest known number of the $5 sheet stamp on cover, parcel piece, or tag is: 48.

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Description: Registered cover from Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco to Bank of America in Sacrament, CA containing 8 of the $5 on the front and 40 on the back plus three of the 20¢, one of the 50¢, one of the 6¢, and one of the 3¢ on the front.

Owner/Source: The Prexie Era Newsletter, Number 74, Summer 2016.

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Description: Parcel piece containing 48 copies plus one copy each of the 9¢, 10¢, 50¢, $1, and $2 sheet stamps.

Owner/Source: eBay auction listing.

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Description: Parcel piece containing 48 copies plus one copy each of the 9¢, 10¢, 50¢, $1, and $2 sheet stamps, likely from the same mailer as the one above.

Owner/Source: Hal Klein.

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Currently, the sixth largest known number of the $5 sheet stamp on cover, parcel piece, or tag is: 38.

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Description: Registered cover from Travelers in Hartford, Connecticut to Irving Trust Company in New York City containing 38 of the $5 on the front. This is also the largest known perfin multiple of the $5 on cover or piece.

Owner/Source: Image taken from The Prexies (page 67) by Roland Rustad.

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Currently, the seventh largest known number of the $5 sheet stamp on cover, parcel piece, or tag is: 37.

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Description: Registered cover from Harris Trust & Savings Bank in Chicago, Illinois sent in June 1946 to Bank of America National Trust and Saving Association in San Francisco, California and containing 24 of the $5 on the front and 13 on the reverse along with single $1, 30¢, and 8¢ Prexies.

Owner/Source: Image from Linn's Stamp News of January 15, 2018 (page 12) provided by Mike Ludeman.

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Currently, the eighth largest known number of the $5 sheet stamp on cover, parcel piece, or tag is: 28.

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Description: Registered cover front from Second National Bank & Trust Company in Saginaw, Michigan to the Continental Bank & Trust Company in Chicago containing 28 of the $5 plus single 20¢ and 3¢ Prexies. 

Owner/Source: Richard Pederson.

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