Ray Vaughn Pierce from Buffalo, N.Y received medical training and not only set up practice but also developed a variety of proprietary medicines, including Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for cure of bronchitis and consumption, Dr. Pierce’s Compound Extract of Smart-Weed or Water Pepper for the bowels, compounded of several herbs and the Best French Brandy, and Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets, the use of which is obvious. His stamps were issued from April 1870 to February of 1879.