Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Hemp, SP, 1777

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Hemp, SP, 1777, Image by Derfel, Found by Peter Olivant.
Found on the Thames foreshore, 23mm.

Russian Bale Seal

From Ged Dodd, "ДA=DA / E.POБИЦЫHЬ / H1 // SP / ПП1H / 1777
Hemp inspector E.ROBITSYN working out of 1 post on the Baltic Sea coast in 1777 in SP ..St Petersburg.
The Grower/Owner/Agent initials are ПП (PP) and the hemp 1H 1st sort.
{..H1 // SP / ПП1H could literally mean graded
1st sort by a Port Dockside Hemp inspector in St Petersburg at 1 post}
see see IDS782 on The PeaceHavens Project, Seal Numbers 701 - 800."