拍品描述： DR. / SHATTUCKS / WATER CURE / WATERFORD / ME. on an 1838 Braided Hair large cent. Brunk S-319, Rulau Me-5. Host coin Very Fine.William P. Shattuck first visited Maine on a lecture tour in 1854, and finding Waterford especially agreeable, he decided to buy The Water Cure Establishment which had been founded in 1847 by Professor Calvin Farrar. "Doctor" Shattuck operated The Water Cure Establishment from 1854 to 1858 before going on an extended lecture tour for several years, during which time the establishment was closed. He returned in 1861 and continued his practice until the summer of 1887. This stamp and its maker are so interesting that our own Q. David Bowers wrote an extensive history of these pieces in book form, published in 1997. This is a well impressed example with no weakness.From the Steve Tompkins Collection.