Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1776, Image by StuE, Found by Peeler.
Found on the Isle of Man, 23 x 21mm, 13.8g.
Russian Flax quality control seal. See Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan
From Ged Dodd, "ЛД = LD ... (B.ДAM)AHOBЪ .. ... H1 .. NP ... C{Z}12H ..177(6)
Flax inspector V.DAMANOV working out of 1 post at a port on the Black Sea Coast (St Petersburg, Riga, Port Narva, Reval, Pernau, Libnau, or Memel).in 177(6) ... the Grower/Owner/Agent initials are C{Z) and there were 12 flax plant heads to the bale .. . see ref IDS 568 on The PeaceHavens Project, Free Identification Service
