Russian Bale Seal, 1848

Russian Bale Seal, 1848, Image by StuE, Found by Paul Hewett.
Found in Essex, 18 x 21mm, 9.5g.

Russian Bale Seal

From Ged Dodd, "The only readable part of this seal is 1848 .. Had this date been 1748 I would have had no hesitation in saying this was a Rein Hemp seal with the obverse blank, as it is, and the missing letters above the date on the reverse would have been SPB ..R H .. St Petersburg ..Rein Hemp .. interesting but 100 years too late ... this seal will go on the database at IDS 536 on
The PeaceHavens Project, Free Identification Service
and at RH on
The PeaceHavens Project, Inspector Database and
The PeaceHavens Project, List of Quality Controllers & Inspection Posts, Post Numbers."