Naw... I'd still call it 9.0/9.2 - looks like it's been pretty much unread (no vertical creases running up the spine edge of the front cover). As for the surface staining, there's something about the cover stock on these that picks up dirst like crazy.
If you ever did plan on submitting, you could probably gently clean that yourself and still get an Universal label. Still, the staining doesn't look too bad
Man, I love that particular digest! For fun, here's mine (not coincidentally, with a little staining in the same place.
and my VERY favorite one:
Well, congratulations....you've just made me realise that I've still got to get the Direct edition and Newstand edition variants of these digests. I collect all the different versions of the comics, but didn't even think about the digests. Argggggggghhhh!!!
(Nice ones btw)
Andy