Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1775

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1775, Image by StuE, Found by The Hog.
Found in Wales / West Country, 26mm, 19.5g.

Russian Flax quality control seal. 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 461 using his extensive database:-
NP / DG12H / 1775 // ДЛ = DL / TPEKIHЬ = TREKIN / H307