Flax and Hemp Bale Seals						Inspectors and Posts    for Malton and Norton            Blue is Flax -- Green is Hemp     Arekhov.D       1776  12   Babanov.A       1787  70   Chanov.A        1789 189   Churakov        1781 257   Gurov.A         1814  52   Karalev.K       1776 280   Lebedev.P       1796  61   Livshev         1812  37   Merkulov.M      1804  28   Mesnikov.P      1813 118   No 1            1748   1   No 16           1753  16   No 25           1758  25   Pikin.M         1804  35   Shchogolev.V    1794  64   Sivtsov.I       1798  27   Tamilin         1786  22   Tamilin.A       1793   7   Ul'yanov.S      1814  10   Vinnikov.I      1795  20   ??????.?        1753  16       Posts / Inspectors / #    for Malton and Norton    1  No 1         MM2006.17  7  Tamilin.A    MM2006.19  10 Ul'yanov.S   MM2006.15  16 No 16        MM2006.1  20 Vinnikov.I   MM2006.6  22 Tamilin      MM2006.4  25 No 25        MM2006.13  27 Sivtsov.I     IDS2353  28 Merkulov.M   MM2006.10  32 Arekhov.D    MM2006.7  35 Pikin.M      MM2006.9  37 Livshev      MM2006.12  52 Gurov.A      MM2006.18  61 Lebedev.P    MM2006.20  64 Shchogolev.V MM2006.21  70 Babanov.A    MM2006.5  118 Mesnikov.P  MM2006.11  189 Chanov.A    MM2006.2  257 Churakov    MM2006.14  280 Karalev.K   MM2006.3     Terms and Abbreviations     (applicable only to this site)     6H, 12H number of heads in a bale.     (also 9, 12).     Anchor base .. see below in the notes.     AP, AЧ, СЧ, СGF, HIK, HM, HP, IM,   ІМБ, ИЧ,  LIW, SB, ЯС   are Owner or Agent initials       Д= D= Desyatnik (Customs Officers)     ДB = DV = DESYATNIK ВОЛОГДА   = Inspector for the Vologda region.     ДД = DD a variation of ПД (hemp)     ДЛ= DL a variation of ЛД ( flax)     H = N = number. H2 is number 2 post.     NP means tax was paid on a flax bale   to the Customs in Narva, (it does not   mean it was shipped from Narva Port.      ЛД = LD = L'nyanoy Dosmotr    = Flax Inspector     ПД = PD = Penkovy Dosmotr    = Hemp Inspector     ПS (PS) a grading for Picked Superior.     RH .. Rein (Rhine) Hemp is the longest  best hemp, oily, strong and free of  Codilla and woody particles       SPB dated before 1829 means tax was   paid on a hemp bale to the Customs in   St Petersburg. It does not mean it was   shipped from St Petersburg.   SPB dated after 1829 means tax was   paid on a flax bale to the Customs in   St Petersburg, again, it does not mean   it was shipped from St Petersburg.      WK means Wilma Krown grade flax     WU is similar to WK grade flax.
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1 MM 2006.1		No 16		NP SB12ПS 1753	16 post picked select (flax)
2 MM 2006.2		ПД = PD А.ЧАНОВЬ (A.CHANOV) N189		SPB HMRH 1789	N189 post (rein hemp)
3 MM 2006.3		ДB = DV К.КАРАЛЕВЪ (K.KARALEV) H280		NP HIK12H 1776	280 post (flax)
4 MM 2006.4		ДД= DD ТАМИЛИНЪ (TAMILIN) H22		NP IAC12K 1786	H2? post (krown flax)
5 MM 2006.5		ЛД =LD А.БАБАНОВ (A.BABANOV) H70		NP CFK12K 1787 anchor	70 post (krown flax)
6 MM 2006.6		ЛД =LD И.ВИННИКОВ (I.VINNIKOV) H:20		WK ЯС12H 1795	20 post (flax)
7 MM 2006.7		ДЛ= DL Д.AРЕХОВЪ (D.AREKHOV) N32		NP PK12K 1796	32 post (flax)
8 MM 2006.8		ЛД =LD П.ЛЕБЕДЕВ (P.LEBEDEV) H61		NP IM12H 1796	61 post (flax)
9 MM 2006.9		ЛД =LD М.ПИКИНЪ (M.PIKIN) H35		NP ИЧ12H 1804	35 post (flax)
10 MM 2006.10		ЛД =LD М.МЕРКУЛОВ (M.MERKULOV) H28		NP СЧ12H 1804	28 post (flax)
11 MM 2006.11		ЛД =LD П.МЕСНИКОВ (P.MESNIKOV) H118		NP СGF12H 1813	118 post (flax)
12 MM 2006.12		ЛД =LD М.ЛИВШЕВ (M.LIVSHEV) H37		NP ІМБ6H 1812	37 post (flax)
13 MM 2006.13		No 25		WU *9* 1758	25 post (flax)
14 MM 2006.14		ДД = DD ЧУРАКОВЪ (CHURAKOV) H257		SPB LIWRH 1781	257 post (hemp)
15 MM 2006.15		ЛД =LD С.УЛЬЯАНОВ (S.UL'YANOV) N10		NP HP12H 1814	N10 post (flax)
16 MM 2006.16		ЛД =LD B.ШЕГОЛЕВ (V.SHCHEGOLEV) N64		NP AP12H 1794	Ho32 post (flax)
17 MM 2006.17		No :1		NP 12 1748	1 post (flax)
18 MM 2006.18		ЛД =LD А.ГУРОВЪ (A.GUROV) H52		NP AЧ12H 1814	52 post (flax)
19 MM 2006.19		ЛД =LD A.ТАМИЛИНЪ (A.TAMILIN) H7		NP CH12H 1793	H7 post (flax)
20 MM 2006.20		ЛД =LD П.ЛЕБЕДЕВ (P.LEBEDEV) H61		NP IM12H 1796	61 post (flax)
21 MM 2006.21		ЛД =LD B:ШOГОЛЕВ (V.SHCHOGOLEV) H64		NP AP12H 1794	64 post (flax)
IDS 2354		ЛД = LD И.СИВЦОВЪ (I.SAVTSOV) H 27		NP PB12H 1798	27 post (flax)
IDS 2354		ЛД = LD С.ЗАМОРИНЪ (S.ZAMORIN) H85		NP KK12K 1795	85 post (flax)
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NOTES:- MM 2006.5 seal has an anchor base under the date.   Some seals have an unusual crescent shape under the date. It is really the flukes of a ship's anchor wherein the Christian Growers/Owners of the flax or hemp anchored  their faith in Jesus Christ. This can be seen on the crosses of the Russian Orthodox Church. It has nothing whatever to do with Islam.  The Grower, Owner, Agent of these seals (see initials) was a Christian, but not necessarily the Port Inspector.       See Christian Symbols here.     http://www.peacehavens.co.uk/BSSYMBOLS.htm     http://www.peacehavens.co.uk/BSFISHKEY.htm Cyrillic Alphabet A=A, B=V, Б=B, C=S, Ч=CH, Д=D, E=E, И=I,  Ё=O, Э=EH, Ф=F, Г=G,  H=N, K=K, Л=L, M=M, O=O, Ө=F,Th. П=P, Р=R, Ж=ZH, Ш=SH, Щ=SHCH,  T=T, Ц=TS, У=U, Ю=YU, Я= YA, ѣ=YE, Х= KH, З = Z, Ы = Y, Ь Ъ=' ", Э = E, І =I,  Ѣ = E, Ѳ= Th, Ѵ = I MM 2006.13 is unique. Most seals have 6H, 9H, 12H to show the grading of the flax but this  has 2 flax flowers.

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