1961 Post Cereal (F278-33)

Total Cards: 200

Rating: 6.6 (20 votes)
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Notes: Distributed on specially-marked boxes of various Post cereals and via mail-in offer (10-card uncut panels on thinner cardboard). Some cards were available through both outlets, while others were only ... more

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Cards

1a Yogi Berra VAR
VAR: Box Version
New York Yankees
1b Yogi Berra VAR
VAR: Mail Order Version
New York Yankees
2a Elston Howard VAR
VAR: Box Version
New York Yankees
2b Elston Howard VAR
VAR: Mail Order Version
New York Yankees
3a Bill Skowron UER, VAR
UER: Born 1931, should be 1930; VAR: Box Version
New York Yankees
3b Bill Skowron UER, VAR
UER: Born 1931, should be 1930; VAR: Mail Order Version
New York Yankees
4a Mickey Mantle VAR
VAR: Box Version
New York Yankees
4b Mickey Mantle VAR
VAR: Mail Order Version
New York Yankees
5 Bob Turley
Mail Order Only
New York Yankees
6a Whitey Ford VAR
VAR: Box Version
New York Yankees

Trivia

  • Cards were issued singly, on cereal boxes, and in team sheets offered directly from Post through a mail-in offer.
  • All of the Minnesota Twins cards that appeared on cereal boxes were mistakenly listed as "Minneapolis". They were corrected to "Minnesota Twins" on the mail-in offer versions.
  • #153 Andre Rodgers is the only card that had two variations but both appeared exclusively on cereal boxes. One card mentions a trade to Milwaukee while the other doesn't.
  • #62 was originally intended to be Cleveland's Jimmy Piersall and he agreed to be photographed for the set, but he could not come to an agreement with General Foods and their advertising agency, so he was replaced with Detroit's Paul Foytack.
  • It's believed #163 was originally intended to be Sandy Koufax, but he could not come to an agreement with General Foods and their advertising agency, so he was replaced with Milwaukee's Mel Roach.

User Comments

Apr 29, 2020 - 6:42PM
mzentko

4 cards are company only (5 Turley, 73 Estrada, 94 Stobbs, 106 Mathews)

and 40 cards are box only distribution

Feb 12, 2020 - 8:14AM
Jack Webster

Card #163 of Mel Roach is also very hard to find.

May 12, 2010 - 8:49AM
iffie99

This was Post's first of three annual 200 card sets that were traditionally found on the back of cereal boxes (or as an insert in those small ten-package variety packs). This is the only one of the three annual sets that has a box version and a company version. A complete set can not be put together without cards from both box and company variation.

Box cards were cut off the back of cereal boxes by kids with scissors so they are perfect for the OBC collector. There are a number of box only cards, in other words, there are cards that were not part of the mail order company cards.

Company cards arrived in team sets of ten cards and were separated by perforations. The cardboard is slightly lighter in weight than the box cards. You may also be able to differentiate box vs. company because some company cards will exhibit the perforation tabs.

The Company team sets includes some players who were traded mid-season creating a number of different variations. For example, the box card of Gene Conley shows him as a Phillie. The corresponding company card still shows him as a Phillie but another line of text is in the bio portion indicating "traded to the Red Sox" on a certain date. Conley is part of the mail away Red Sox team set (perfect for the variation collector).

This set is readily available with the exception of two cards, both of which are company only cards: Chuck Estrada of the Orioles and Chuck Stobbs of the Twins.

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