BSG.BS.00922 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1780

Found on the Thames foreshore, 23mm.

Russian Bale Seal

From Ged Dodd, "ДA = DA / ЛEБEДEB / H2 // NP / ??12K / 1780 ... Flax inspector LEBEDEV working out of 2 post on the Baltic Sea coast in 1780 (Perhaps in St Petersburg or Narva, Memel, Tilsit, Konigsberg, Liebau, Reval or Riga ..(NP probably under licence to Riga) The Grower/Owner/Agent initials are ?? and the bale contained 12K crown quality flax plants ... H2 is a new number post for Lebedev .. .. see IDS780 on page The PeaceHavens Project, Seal Numbers 701 - 800."