Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1799, Image by StuE, Found by Paul Hewett.
Found in Essex, 20 x 21mm, 11.8g.
Russian Bale Seal
From Ged Dodd, "ЛД = LD ... П.ЛEБEДEB .. H61 .. NP ...C?9K ... NP ..(179)9 - Flax inspector P.LEBEDEV working out of 61 post at a port on the Baltic Sea coast ...( St Petersburg, Kronstadt, Riga, Reval, Pernau, Libau or Narva) in 1799 (this date is derived from other similar seals on the database .. the Grower/Owner/Agent initials are C? and grade is 9K ,, 9 Crown grade heads to a bale ...
.. this seal will go on the database at IDS 534 on The PeaceHavens Project, Free Identification Service"
