🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Help with Bale seal

[DownEast_Detecting]

From a new cellar hole that I’m not sure the age of. Could be 1700’s or 1800’s. Has a “B” And other letters i can’t make out yet.

After some cleaning

 

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[Gene Mean]

I think it's a bale seal. Nice oldie!

 

[Gene Mean]

baleclothseals

 

[DownEast_Detecting]

I think it's a bale seal. Nice oldie!

Ok sweet. I know very little about these. Anyway to tell the approximate age? Or anything more about it. I cleaned it up and there are more letters than I thought.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

It also could be a gas meter seal or electric seal.

 

[pepperj]

It also could be a gas meter seal or electric seal.

Probably predates either if those utilities.
But who knows 🤔
Nice recovery 👍

 

[DownEast_Detecting]

I think it's a bale seal. Nice oldie!

Thanks Gene Mean for the initial ID

Probably predates either if those utilities.
But who knows 🤔
Nice recovery 👍

Yes for sure.

So i didnt have any luck with any more info on this here. But there is a great facebook group where that is all they do, is bale/bag seal ID and history. It took a few days after posting but a member absolutely nailed it and im grateful.
From Guy who ID'ed it.
"This is a Russian customs seal. Each year a different letter or symbol was used. For 1807 the Cyrillic letter "B" was used. And it is also dated that year with 1807 stamped into it."

Website with the different years of Russian seals 👉Russian customs seal

So its a Russian Customs seal from 1807. It made quite a journey to end up in the woods of Maine. Also did you know 1807 was the first year that diplomatic relations between Russia and the Unite States were officially established.