Description
Prestige Booklet DX09 The Financial Times
The Story of The Financial Times Newspaper.
Issued 9th February 1988.
Cover showing: “A Headline from the Financial Times”
Concise catalogue (2023) number DX09 valued at £16.00
Contains booklet panes X1005l; X1006l; X1009l; and also X1009m.
Prestige Booklet DX09 The Financial Times
PRESTIGE BOOKS:
The Sponsored and “Prestige” Booklets were first issued on 1st December 1969.
The very first issues were pre-decimal and entitled “Stamps for Cooks”. These were also numbered ZP1 and ZP1a. Contents were 6 x 1d; 36 x 4d; and 18 x 5d. The contents of both of these books added up to the retail price of £1.00. Difference between the two? ZP1 had staples holding the sheets and interleaving together; ZP1a had stitching instead of staples. The version with staples is much rarer.
The decimal examples started with “The Story of Wedgewood” numbered DX2 by Stanley Gibbons. This was issued on 24th May 1972 and also retailed for £1.00.
INFORMATION SOURCES:
First of all, stamps will be well packaged and sent by Royal Mail. Therefore please see our Shop menu for postal options. Postage We also only charge postage for the first item in most cases. Thus any further items purchased would not increase the final postal charges. We also do not charge you for envelopes and packaging.Recorded Delivery or Registered Post is available if required. If one of these options is taken, compensation for loss or damage can also be claimed.
We mention Stanley Gibbons catalogue numbers where it is possible. These numbers are from the “Stanley Gibbon’s Concise Stamp Catalogue” . We will try to mention any other numbering that we may use if not covered by the above. Sometimes particular stamps, booklets, or cylinder blocks are not recognized anywhere. Hence, in this case, we would use our own expertise to describe and value that item.
In conclusion, all of our stamps are unmounted mint and in an excellent condition. We will also mention any variation to this statement.
Please let us know if we have made a mistake with this description.
We are also members of the “Great Britain Philatelic Society” (GBPS): http://www.gbps.org.uk
Prestige Booklet DX09 The Financial Times
