The PeaceHavens Project is for Russian Flax and Hemp bale seals but there are tens of thousands of
other kinds of seal. Here are a few of them. The best site for other bag and cloth seals is BagSeals.Org
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Dutch Customs House Tax Seals Dutch seals most often found in the UK come from the 19th century. They have a distinctive tear-drop shape with measurements of approx. 23mm by 18mm. Their layout consists of a coat of arms on one side and R&A with a number (here it is 562) below this on the other. see Dutch Seals for more information |
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UK Customs and Excise Seals On one side is the British crown and on the other the phrase CUSTOMS (curved around the top) AND (straight across the middle) EXCISE (straight across the bottom). The Tudor crown indicates it is from before 1953. see UK Custom Seals for more information |
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G&T.Earle
Cement Bag Seals
The seal depicts a pelican with spread wings,
standing on a nest with five chicks. The inner
band reads, G & T EARLE LIMITED HULL, & the outer, LEAD SEALED
PELICAN BRAND. Established in the early
19th century, with the trade name ‘Pelican’ in
September 1897. see
Cement Seals |
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Fertilizer Bag Seals
One of the most common seals found in the
UK is a fertilizer seal and they come in lots
of different formats but usually they have a
Cornucopia symbol or Guano du Peru.
This seal is German, Ohlendorff & Co. Peru.
Dating from late 19th to early 20th Century. |
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Manure Bag Seals Webb's Trademark for Prize Seeds, Grasses, Roots & Manures. Edward Webb set up as a seed merchant in the 19th century at Wordsley, Stourbridge in the West Midlands. In 1876 Edward Webb & Sons applied for a registered trademark (number 928), which covered agricultural seeds and artificial manures. They took over, Proctor & Ryland in Saltney. |
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Post Office Square Seals Another common seal found in the UK is a Standard General Post Office square bag seal with grill of five vertical bars on both sides and on this one letter sack seal from Enniskillen in Northern Ireland.. Oliver Cromwell established the General Post Office in 1657. see Post Office Seals for more information |
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Henry Tate & Sons
Sugar Bag Seal
Henry Tate (March 11, 1819 – Dec 5, 1899)
In 1859 Tate became a partner in John Wright
& Co. Sugar refinery. In 1869, he had complete
control of the company, and renamed it Henry
Tate & Sons. In 1921, after Tate's death, the
company merged with Abram Lyle & Sons to
form Tate and Lyle. see
Sugar Seals |
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German Augsburg fustian seal Seals from the fustians (mixed linen-warp and cotton-weft fabrics) of Augsburg, are among the most common and widespread of all the recorded imports in England, constituting almost one third of the Continental seals found here in the UK. 16th /early 17th century seems appropriate. See bagseals.org/ |
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Hungarian
Flour Bag Seals
Hungary's principal industry is flour-milling.
Between 3,000,000 and 3,200,000 tons of wheat
flour are produced annually. The principal
steam-mills are at Budapest; Many towns have
large steam-mills with water-mills & wind-mills.
Look for the grading numbers 0, 00, 000, 0000 see
Flour Seals for more information
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Hungarian Flour Bag Seals |
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Hun 01 |
3 |
Various mills designated as (Name) DAMPFMÜHL / OFEN (Name) Steam Mill / Budapest
There were lots of flour mills in Hungary
who formed a common grade of quality
with a triangle made of three ears of
corn around the grade number & MT.
The mill name is on the reverse.
See Bagseals.Org for more information |
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Hun 02 |
4 |
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Hun 03 |
M
1
T inside triangle |
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Hungarian Mills using the Triangular Trade Mark were
Concordia
Steam Mill Co., Lim.;
(Pestihengermalom-társaság-Pester Walzmühl-Gesellschaft); |
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French Flour Bag Seals |
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GMdC |
1905, GRANDS MOULINS DE CORBEIL |
MAI / FLEURS SUPERIEURS Great Mills of Corbeil |
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