Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1815

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1815, Image & Found by Bilox.
Came from around Wetherby / Goldsboro / Knaresbough area.

This is a Russian flax bale quality control seal.

First side:-
First line - missing
Second line - V12H = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales.
Third line - 1815 = date of assessment.

Second side:-
First line - ЛД = LD = initials for (Flax?) Inspection.
Second & Third line - Н.БАЛ = N. BAL // ШЕВ = shyeV = name of quality control officer, N. Balashev, also recorded on seal CRMCH: 1996.37.30* from St Petersburg.
Fourth line - H3 = N3 = number of work station used by QA officer.

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 24 (FLAX) using his extensive database:-
NP / AV12H / 1815 // ЛД = LD / H. БAЛAШEB = N. BALASHEV / H3