Lead seal ID?

[Wraith_3]

Hi these are from my dad's collection and I have no knowledge in this area of CW items, whatsoever. I tried Googling, but didn't get very far. I did see another seal with "SAL" and they said it was a railroad seal, so I don't know if this "PAL" is also railroad or what. The seal on the lower right is two round shapes attached with a lead strip and folded onto itself. I have someone interested in these, but I don't know what type they are to look up the value. So any help IDing these would be a big help.

 

[bdtex]

@Tom Hughes . I recall pics you posted of a seal(s) you found at Vicksburg I think.

 

[Tom Hughes]

Hi these are from my dad's collection and I have no knowledge in this area of CW items, whatsoever. I tried Googling, but didn't get very far. I did see another seal with "SAL" and they said it was a railroad seal, so I don't know if this "PAL" is also railroad or what. The seal on the lower right is two round shapes attached with a lead strip and folded onto itself. I have someone interested in these, but I don't know what type they are to look up the value. So any help IDing these would be a big help.

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These lead seals were common and used on a variety of things from railroad car locks, mail parcels, food boxes, ammunition boxes, and even cotton bales. As interesting as they are, there is still a mystery with many of them as to what they were specifically used for and who manufactured them, etc.....Great pieces of history!

 

[Tom Hughes]

@Tom Hughes . I recall pics you posted of a seal(s) you found at Vicksburg I think.

Yes, I've found many. Most of the ones I've found were railroad boxcar seals. I know this because of the railroad line stamped on the surface of the seal. I've got one that sealed a box of meat and one that sealed a large mailed parcel. Two of my more interesting ones were used to seal ammunition crates during the civil war.