LetX be a smooth projective surface defined over C andH an ample divisor onX. LetMH(r; c1, c2) be the moduli space of stable sheaves of rank r whose Chern classes (c1, c2) ∈ H (X,Q)×H(X,Q) and MH(r; c1, c2) the Gieseker-Maruyama compactification of MH(r; c1, c2). When r = 2, these spaces are extensively studied by many authors. When r ≥ 3, Drezet and Le-Potier [D1],[D-L] investigated the struct...