Um, yes the Europeans referred to >>Semi Smokeless<< as the status quo until Nitro took over.
Yes, >>Unique<< was the powder and another source doesn't name it but gives that it was NOT commercially available and that it was equal to or superior to any powders available to the average sportsman. What the Belgian Proof Masters were concerned with was that they needed to cover all possible bases as the end user, the Hunter, may use something all together different that sued in the Proof Effort. And stouter as well. The had gotten upside down and overwhelmed with the vast choice of powders to the Sportsman.
Indeed, >>Unique<< was the Official Name in late 1903.
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