Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1788, Image & Found by S6otty.
Found in Scotland.
This is a Russian flax bale quality control seal.
First side:-
First line - N.P. = unknown initials.*
Second line - (IAC?)12K = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales.
Third line - 1788 = date of assessment.
Second side:-
First line - ЛД = LD = initials for (Flax?) Inspection.
Second & Third line - ?.(K?)ОЗ / ЛОВЬ = ?.(K?)OZ / LOV' = name of quality control officer+.
Fourth line - H5(7?) = N5(7?) = number of work station used by QA officer.
+ (?) KOZLOV possibly A. Kozlov - A.KOЗЛOBЬ - This ID was kindly supplied by Ged Dodd.
See Fig.4b and section 5.2.5.6, p.22, *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.
Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 36 using his extensive database:-
NP / IAC12K / 1788 / ЛД = LD / Я.KOЗЛOBЬ = YA.KOZLOV / H58
