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The Inspector Names Database, the
Post Number Database, the Grower/Owner/Agent Database and Russian Names
Database are restricted. Aked
High Mill - West End, North Yorkshire, Whiney Hill. Archangel Port
- Russia's first northern port on the White Sea. Archangel had a
reputation for honest bracking so the English merchants
preferred to buy here. Archangel also produced Vodka. Kildin on the Murman
Coast dealt with furs not flax.
Bentham Mills in
North Yorkshire - The Bentham Hoard of 1400 seals - Links
to Lancaster Maritime Museum
Brompton Mills in
North Yorkshire -
Brompton and District. Dutch
Customs House Tax Seals - an ever expanding list of the different
Dutch Customs seals found in the UK
Numbers Only Bale Seals
- the list of known Numbers Only flax and hemp bale seals. Magnificent
large seals. Other
Common Bag Seals
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for every single Russian flax bale seal found there are many thousand
common bag seals.
Paired Inspectors - Inspectors working in pairs, Master and Apprentices
Ports and Towns on the Baltic Sea
and Europe - Dantzig, Elbing (Elblag), Gavle, Goritsy, Konigsberg
(Kaliningrad),
Kronshtadt,
Libau (Liepja), Lubeck,
Memel Port,,
Moscow, Narva,
Novgorod, Oudewater, Pernau (Parnu), Pillau
(Baltitsk), Pskove, Revel (Tallinn), Riga, Rybinsk, St Petersburg,
Tilsit, Visby, Vologda, Windau (Ventspils), Yaroslavl, Zyrardow. Ports and Towns of the England
- Adel Scotland Mill, Beverley, Blubberhouses, Bridport, Colchester, Chester, Crediton,
Easingwold,
Exeter, Greenodd,
Helmsley,
Hull, Kirkham, Lancaster,
Leeds, Liverpool, Malton, Morecambe Bay, Newbury,
Newcastle, Nidderdale,
Penny Bridge, Poulton le
Fylde, Preston, Scarborough, Torpoint , Ulverston, Wass Ports and Towns of Northern
Ireland
- Belfast, Coagh, Coleraine, Donacloney, Glenaan, Moneymore,
Upperlands, Wellbrook Ports and Towns of Scotland
- Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin, Cromarty,
Cupar, Dumfries, Dundee, Falkirk,
Gourdon, Inverbervie,
Inverness, Kilmahog, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy,
Montrose,, North
East Fife,
Paisley, Perth, Portsoy, Ports
and Towns of Wales - Ruthin, Post Office Seals -
another list with General Post Office Seals & War Department Seals. Some
unusual early seals here.
Railway Systems -
The Early Russian Railways Riga City -
History and Crossed Keys seals - Riga Black Balsam
is the famous medicinal liquor Symbols
- Tax Coding - NP, P, SP, SPB, WK, WU
were thought to be ports of despatch but signify flax or hemp tax paid
seals.
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PeaceHavens Project For all types of Bag
Seals which are not Russian flax bale seals join our companion
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The Lead Bag
Seal Identifier
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Typical Types of Russian Flax and Hemp Bale Seals
Archangel
1806 - 1889
Baltic States
18th - 19th Century
Riga Cross Keys Arms Customs Seals
19th Century (ЛД=LD) NP Flax
1754 - 1828 (ДA=DA) WK Flax
(with WU)
1754 -
1828
(ЛД=LD)
SPB Flax
1829 - 1850 (ЛД=LD) CПБ Flax
1829 - 1850
RH Rein Hemp
1737 - 1747
(ПД=PD)
SPB Hemp
SP, SPB 1740 - 1828 (ПД=PD)
CПБ Hemp
1829 - 1841
ПИЛПД
(Hemp)
SPB, CПБ
1829 - 1841
Numbers Only Seals
Flax & Hemp 1747 - 1761 Hills & Wishaw Vologda
Region 1860's T,
Star & Crescent
1770 - 1792 Circular Dated Seals
Russian Crosslet Seals
Pavlov Stars
19th C. St Petersburg
Hands of Friendship
19th C. St Petersburg
Inland Trading Seal
18th/19th Century
Dutch Customs
18th/19th Century
Railroad Seals
19th Century
Soviet Gostorg
20th Century
Click here for how to identify the Seals
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2000-2099
2100-2199
2200-2299
2300-2399
2400-2499
2500-2599
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Anchor and Grapnel Seals - used
by river and sea ports .
Bleaching Tags - From Bentham and Menston
Circular Dated Seals
how to read the dates on Circular Dated Seals
Cross on Shield with pellets -
Baltic States Crosslet Flax Seals
Cyrillic Alphabet - The
letters used on Russian flax bale seals are in Cyrillic and Latin
(English)
Fife - An article by Professor John Sullivan on the early days of seal identification.
We have come a long way.
Flax - Flax
Production Techniques - the How, What, When, Where, Which, Who
and Why.
Flax Ships -
Baltic Flax Voyages 1677 - 1893 - For UK Coastal Shipping click on here
Folly
Gill Twine Mill in Thornthwaite, North Yorkshire
Hanseatic League - The Hanseatic League was early trading in the Baltic
with Pirates, Black Plague and war.
Hemp - Ged's rules on how to identify hemp seals, as opposed to flax seals.
This isn't easy.
Hills and Wishaw Company - in Archangel and St Petersburg
How the PeacehavensProject was born with the finding of the PeaceHavens Hoard
at Bentham Mills
Jewish Connection - The Jewish connection to the flax and hemp trade in the Baltic States.
Knaresborough and District - A large site with many different flax. hemp
and symbol seal types
Little
Patrick Mill at West End, North Yorkshire - Flooded by Thruscross
Reservoir
PiLPD Inspectors - Hemp
and Flax Port Inspectors (dockside)
Ports and Towns of the Isle of Man -
Ballasalla, Glen Auldyn, Glen Roy, Tromode
Russian State Customs Arms Seals
- The secret coding of customs
seal dates revealed
Terms used in the flax, hemp and
textile trade -
Types of
Seals - this site outlines the different
types of Russian bale seals - however it would be best
to ask us to identify it.
Unique
Grading Systems for 1831
- Bacharov
S._3 - - - Novogorodstov CTЛ3
Video History
- many hundreds of videos of the PeaceHavens team in action finding
the seals shown on our sites.
West End Low Hemp Mill, North Yorkshire - Flooded by Thruscross
Reservoir
West House Mills
- a huge site at Blubberhouses in North Yorkshire with 18th/19th century
Apprentice House Trading Tokens
The End of Baltic Flax and Hemp Seal Grading System -
but trust in the Archangel grading remained until the 1900's
The PeaceHavens Field Guide page 1-4
page 5-8
page 9-12
page 13-16
page 17-20
page 21-24
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