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Lot 799: The Financial Times City Edition No. 17,380, Friday 10th November 1944
A single original issue of The Financial Times, City Edition No. 17,380, dated Friday, 10th November, 1944. This unbound broadsheet publication consists of newsprint sheets providing a comprehensive record of wartime financial and industrial markets. The front page features prominent headlines including Standard Motor’s acquisition of Triumph Co’s assets, the stabilisation of the Drachmae at 600 to one pound, and investment trends in selected industrials. The interior pages contain extensive period documentation including stock exchange listings for London and Wall Street, company reports for Socony-Vacuum Oil and Leach’s Estates, and contemporary advertisements for Lewis Tobacco Shops and industrial services. The masthead identifies the publication as having the largest circulation of any financial journal in the Empire. The text is printed in a multi-column format typical of the period.
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