Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1818, Image by StuE, Found by Doug Turner.
Found in Somerset.
First side:-
First line - NP
Second line - ?M12 = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales.
Third line - 1818 = date of assessment.
Second side:-
First line- missing = initials for Inspection.
Second & Third line - С:Г? = S:G?
РОВЬ = ROV name of quality control officer.
Fourth line - H(3?)0 = N(3?)0 = number of work station used by QA officer.
See Fig.4b and section 5.2.5.6, p.22, *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 67 using his extensive database:-
NP / AM12H / 1818 // ЛД = LD / C. ГУPOBЬ = S. GUROV / H30
