Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1814, Image & Found by Coreservers.
Found in Edinburgh region. 20mm
First side:-
First line - NP
Second line - V12(H?) = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales.
Third line - 1814 = date of assessment.
Second side:-
First line- missing = initials for Inspection.
Second & Third line - ?ПОГ = ?POG
АИ??И = AI??I name of quality control officer.
Fourth line - H27 = N27 = 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.
Russian Flax quality control seal.
Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 64 using his extensive database:-
ЛД = LD / Л.ПOГAHKИHЬ = L.POGANKIN / H27 // NP / ?12H / 1814
