(Medical - Women) Lydia E. Pinkham, illustrated design on cover showing Lydia Pinkham Portrait, franked with 1881, 1¢ gray blue tied by cork handstamp, matching Lynn, Mass. cds alongside, address appears to be in the hand of L. Pinkham, Very Fine. Scott No. 206  Estimate $100 - 150. Lydia Estes Pinkham (February 9, 1819 - May 17, 1883) was an iconic concocter and shrewd marketer of a commercially successful herbal-alcoholic "women's tonic" meant to relieve menstrual and menopausal pains. $0 (Image)