Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1799

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1799, Image by StuE, Found by Ged & Angel.
Found in Yorkshire, 24 x 21mm, 13.2g.

NP / HP(ligature)12K / 1799 // ЛД = LD / E.ИBAHOBЬ = E.IVANOV / H75

A Russian flax bale seal probably from St.Petersburg, see Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 434 using his extensive database