Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, SPB, 1836, Image by StuE, Found by Grant.
Found in Scotland, 20mm, 11.3g.
First side:-
First line:- (S)PB = St. Petersburg
Second line:- (N).P. 2. = Indicates the quality and type of goods
Third line:- (I?)(G?) = Initials of the owner or exporter (over 30 sets are known - I.C. initials were found on seals for 1830)
Fourth line (1)836 = Date of grading
Second side:-
First line:- Illegible but usually ПД = PD or ЛД = LD = Flax Inspection (L'nyannoy Dosmotr)
Second & Third lines:- ??IEP / (М?)ЕЕВЬ = ??IER / (M?)EEV' = (initials & surname of Quality Control Officer.)*
Fourth line:- H41 = N41 = the number of the post the QA Officer worked at.*
These seals are Russian flax bale quality control seals.
See Fig. 12b on page 54, *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.
Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 27 using his extensive database:-
SPB / NP.2 / I.C.? / 1830 // ЛД = LD / ИM:EPEMEEBЬ = IM:EREMEEV / H41
I.M. Eremeev - (Seal from 1830's with same name is recorded in the Dundee Museum ref. DUN:AHH.2005-16.09)*
