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Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1800

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1800, Image & Found by YorkyPete.
Found in North Yorkshire, 23mm diameter.

Russian Flax quality control seal.

First side:-
First line - NP = unknown initials.*
Second line - АШ12 = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales.
Third line - 1800 = date of assessment.

Second side:-
First line- ЛД = LD = l'nyanoy dosmotr = Flax Inspection.
Second & Third line - M.COP = M.SOR : ???B = ???V name of quality control officer.
Fourth line - ??? = number of work station used by QA officer.

See Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 46 using his extensive database:-
NP / AШ12H / 1800 // ЛД = LD / M. KOPOЛEBЬ = M. KOROLEV / H78

Date: 20/09/10
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Keywords: Unique Identification Number - BSG.BS.00949 Date 1800
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