BSG.BS.00967 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1809

Found near the Suffolk / Essex boarder.

First side:- First line - NP Second line - КБ12H = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales. Third line - 1809 = date of assessment.

Second side is largely unreadable - see other NP seals.

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 or Hemp quality control seal.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 58 using his extensive database:- NP / ??Б12H / 1809 // ПД = PD / Ф: ФOKИHЪ / F. FOKIN / H11