SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                         RULE 23C-2 NOTICE OF INTENTION
                              TO REDEEM SECURITIES

                                       OF

                              FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE/
                      CLAYMORE PREFERRED SECURITIES INCOME
                                FUND INCORPORATED
                      301 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 720
                               Pasadena, CA 91101
                                 (626) 795-7300

                                    under the

                         Investment Company Act of 1940

                    Investment Company Act File No. 811-21129



                  The undersigned registered closed-end investment company
hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to redeem
securities of which it is the issuer, as set forth below in accordance with the
requirements of Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and states that it is filing this notice with the Commission pursuant to
permission granted by the Commission's staff fewer than 30 days prior to the
date set for redemption.

         (1)      Title of the class of securities of Flaherty &
                  Crumrine/Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fund
                  Incorporated (the "Fund") to be redeemed:

                  Auction Market Preferred Stock, Series M7 (CUSIP #338478209),
         Series T7 (CUSIP #338478308) Series W7 (CUSIP #338478407), Series TH7
         (CUSIP #338478506), Series F7 (CUSIP #338478605), Series T28 (CUSIP
         #338478704) and Series W28 (CUSIP #338478803), par value $.01 per
         share, liquidation preference of $25,000 per share (the "Preferred
         Stock").

         (2)      Date on which the securities are to be called or redeemed:

                           October 27, 2008

         (3)      Applicable  provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to
                  which the securities are to be called or redeemed:

                  The shares of Preferred Stock are to be redeemed pursuant to



         Part I, Articles 8(b) and 8(c), of the Fund's Articles Supplementary
         Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Auction Market
         Preferred Stock.

         (4)      The number of shares to be  redeemed  and the basis upon which
                  the shares to be redeemed are to be selected:

         The Fund intends to redeem, on a pro rata basis by series (as
determined by the Depository Trust Company), the number of outstanding shares of
Preferred Stock set forth below:

                             Series Number of Shares

                           M7               70

                           T7               70

                           W7               70

                           TH7              70

                           F7               70

                           T28              62

                           W28              62







                                    SIGNATURE


                  Pursuant to the requirement of Rule 23c-2 of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Fund has duly caused this Notice of Intention to Redeem
Securities to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, in the City of
Pasadena and the State of California, on this 6th day of October 2008.


                  FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE/
                  CLAYMORE PREFERRED SECURITIES
                  INCOME FUND INCORPORATED



                 By:      /s/ Donald F. Crumrine
                 Name:    Donald F. Crumrine
                 Title:   Chief Executive Officer