BSG.BS.00885 — Russian Bale Seal, Archangel, 1870

Found in Scotland, ?mm

An Archangel flax or hemp bale seal - 1870. See Fig.51, p.59, Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan, 2012.

From Ged Dodd, "APX БPA .. ДЕСЯТ: POMAHЪ EPAФE = Inspected at Archangel by Inspector ROMAN ERAFE. APX:БP = Archangel Bracked 2nd Sort low grade heckled flax (cheska). Grower/Owner/Agent initials ФF (FF) in 1870 See IDS 630 on following pages:- The PeaceHavens Project