Lenof21 wrote:

All licensees are perfectly legal to continue operating in their
grace
period. There is no necessity (nor sense) to eliminate those in
the
grace period from those in the normal 10-year license period from
any class totals.

Absolutely, positively, without fear of contradiction WRONG!

The "grace period" (as it pertains to Amateur Radio application)
is that period of time between the EXPIRATION of your license, and the
point of time afterwhich you must re-examine for licensure.
In this case, two years.

Steve, K4YZ