BSG.BS.00959 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1804

Found in Yorkshire, 21mm, 10.6g.

Russian bale seal.

From Ged Dodd, "ЛД = LD / Д.COЛOУXИ / H45 /// N:P / HP9K / 1804 Flax inspector D.SOLOUKHI working out of 45 post on the Baltic Sea coast perhaps in St Petersburg or Narva, Memel, Tilsit, Konigsberg, Liebau, Reval or Riga in 1804. The Grower/Owner/Agent initials are HP conjoined in a ligature and there were 9K 9 top quality crown flax plants in the bale see IDS797 on The PeaceHavens Project, Seal Numbers 701 - 800."