Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1796

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1796, Image by StuE, Found by Paul Hewett.
Found in Essex, 19 x 23mm, 12.0g.

Russian Bale Seal

From Ged Dodd,
"ЛД = LD .. A.ЛEBШEB .. H18 .. NP .. LIW12K ... 1796
Flax inspector A.LEVSHEV working out of post 18 at a port of the Baltic Sea coast in 1796 .. the Grower/Owner/Agent initials are LIW and grade is 12K .. 12 Crown grade heads to a bale ... (by 1799 the grade for LIW had dropped to 9K) . this seal will go on the database at IDS 535 on:-
The PeaceHavens Project, Free Identification Service,
The PeaceHavens Project, List of Quality Controllers & Inspector Names,
The PeaceHavens Project, Grower/Owner/Agent Initials (Producer/Exporter/Agent Initials),
The PeaceHavens Project, Post Numbers."