From: dvfrench@lineone.net   
      
   > Each country would have their version of the 'holy grail'. An   
   > unissued, but prepared stamp or proof.   
   >   
   > For GB, you could consider the 'Abnormals' to be one such area. The   
   > Colour Trials and obliteration removal tests to be another.   
   >   
   > There are a couple plates where only the imprimatur sheets (usually 5)   
   > are known to have been printed and in some case only a couple stamps   
   > from them survive.   
   >   
   > In the art world you're dealing with mostly "one of's", in the   
   > manufacturing and printing world ... it's generally mass produced.   
   > Hundreds per sheet, normally.   
   >   
      
   Would the SG.43, Plate 77 serve here, as an example ?   
      
   David.   
      
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