Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, СПБ, 1833, Image & Found by Annette Sharp.
Found near Crewkerne, Somerset, 22 mm.
Russian Bale Seal, 1833
From Ged Dodd, "ЛД =LD .. H:XPAMЦOBCKOI .. H38 .. CПБ ... Ho.П.2 .. M.C .. 1833
Flax inspector N.KHRAMTSOVSKOI working out of 38 post on the Baltic Sea coast in the port of St Petersburg, or Narva, Memel, Libau, Reval or Riga in 1833. The Grower/Owner/Agent initials are MC (perhaps MS) and it was 2nd grade flax ... see IDS 650 on page The PeaceHavens Project, Seal Numbers 601 - 700.
