Most Worshipful Brother John Marshall (1755 - 1835) was 4th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, and two-term Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Virginia (1793-1795). In August, 1895, the United States honored MWB Marshall by issuing his likeness on a $5 postage stamp. In today's currency, that amounts to a whopping $129! The stamp was so expensive there is no record of its use until March, 1896. Subsequently, the largest existing block of these stamps was discovered on a parcel containing containing 14 of them, amounting to over $1,800 in postage in today's dollars. In 1902, the Post Office redesigned the stamp, and in the fall of 2010, one of the stamps in mint condition sold for over $3,000.
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