BSG.BS.00966 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1809

Found in Berkshire.

First side:- First line - NP Second line - MM12H = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales. Third line - 1809 = date of assessment.

Second side:- First line- ЛД = LD = l'nyanoy dosmotr = Flax Inspection. Second & Third line - M EPE = M YeRYe : MEEB: = MYeYeV: name of quality control officer. Fourth line - unreadable = number of work station used by QA officer.

See Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.

Russian Flax quality control seal.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 57 using his extensive database:- NP / MM12H / 1809 // ЛД = LD / M:EPEMEEB: = M:EREMEEV: / H30