Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1809, Image by StuE, Found by Colin Gilbert.
Found near the Suffolk / Essex boarder.
First side:-
First line - NP
Second line - КБ12H = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales.
Third line - 1809 = date of assessment.
Second side is largely unreadable - see other NP seals.
See Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.
Russian Flax or Hemp quality control seal.
Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 58 using his extensive database:-
NP / ??Б12H / 1809 // ПД = PD / Ф: ФOKИHЪ / F. FOKIN / H11
