12c Green, Large Die Proof on India (117P1). On 150 x 210mm heavy card with full die sinkage, brilliant color, minor card bend at right edge, Very Fine, accompanied by two other items, first is a 10c Peru Postage Due Orange large die proof depicting the Adriatic and a llama, on 90 x 114mm card with full die sinkage, National Bank Note Co. imprint at bottom, color has become slightly oxidized, still Very Fine, finally a half-tone engraving of the Adriatic by J. W. Orr, a prominent wood engraver of the mid-19th Century in New York, 180 x 100mm design taken from a contemporary magazine, beautiful and Very Fine, Scott value for the 117P1 alone is $900.00

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