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Message:: [QUOTE="BRandM, post: 1727365, member: 22729"]I don't know what you mean by "caught quicker" Pi man. There were a lot of legitimate apothecaries or druggists in those days but their "science" was pretty crude. There were also many quacks out there who simply called themselves doctors who had little or no training. The market wasn't regulated then like today so they usually got away with their "medicine" and "cures". If by some miracle their medicine actually cured something they were golden. If it didn't, then the patient was told he didn't take the right dose or didn't take it correctly. Again, golden. The point of counterstamping, at least in this case, was to advertise his store. Being a small town, everyone would know who Rudolph was without having an address. As a matter of fact, in his print ads he also called himself Rudolf with no initials. You did real well Pi man at $1.80. I have one in my collection that I paid about $100 for and I thought I did well. Congrats on your great pickup.--- Bruce[/QUOTE]