Just in time for late season blue winged olives and Pre Christmas, here’s a really fine condition Uniqua 2 5/8 internally marked J with some extra tiny lettering vertically to right of reel frame stamping for maker mark…hard to make out but looks like J with 1Kh? vertically marked…spool marked J  1 ??to match.  Rarer 2 5/8 with 2 gen telephone latch and a nearly 85% leaded Finish…a collector reel for sure but what a time I had fishing it w DF 3-4 wts over the years…..I  rotated a bevy of 5 small units while fishing and that preserved the finishes on each of them.   Buy and use this 100 year old gem and then gift it to your son!   That is what makes vintage Hardy reels so valuable, it has a carry forward usefulness for another 100 years!….Ill start the bidding at 365 and see where it goes from here….supported post is 5.49 to lower 48