Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1808

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1808, Image & Found by Jorvik Andi.
Found in North Yorkshire.

First side:-
First line - NP
Second line - ?IW12 = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales.
Third line - 1808 = date of assessment.

Second side:-
First line- missing.
Second & Third line - А.ШIП = A.ShIP : ОЧЕВ = OChYeV name of quality control officer, A. Shipochev (has been found on four other museum seals from 1797 - 1802, see App.7.3*)
Fourth line - H12 = N12 = number of work station used by QA officer.

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 56 using his extensive database:-
NP / EIW12? / 1809 // ЛД = LD / A.ШIПOЧEB = A.SHIPOCHEV / H12