BSG.BS.00976 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1818

Found in Somerset.

First side:- First line - NP Second line - ?M12 = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales. Third line - 1818 = date of assessment.

Second side:- First line- missing = initials for Inspection. Second & Third line - С:Г? = S:G? РОВЬ = ROV name of quality control officer. Fourth line - H(3?)0 = N(3?)0 = number of work station used by QA officer.

See Fig.4b and section 5.2.5.6, p.22, *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 67 using his extensive database:- NP / AM12H / 1818 // ЛД = LD / C. ГУPOBЬ = S. GUROV / H30