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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1a | Yogi Berra VAR |
New York Yankees | ||
1b | Yogi Berra VAR |
New York Yankees | ||
2a | Elston Howard VAR |
New York Yankees | ||
2b | Elston Howard VAR |
New York Yankees | ||
3a | Bill Skowron UER, VAR |
New York Yankees | ||
3b | Bill Skowron UER, VAR |
New York Yankees | ||
4a | Mickey Mantle VAR |
New York Yankees | ||
4b | Mickey Mantle VAR |
New York Yankees | ||
5 | Bob Turley |
New York Yankees | ||
6a | Whitey Ford VAR |
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 |
4 cards are company only (5 Turley, 73 Estrada, 94 Stobbs, 106 Mathews)
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Card #163 of Mel Roach is also very hard to find. | ||
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.
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Forum |
Subject | Replies | Last Post |
1961 Post Cereal #86 Dick Williams UER? | 5 | Dec 16, 2019 7:13 PM by vrooomed |
1961 post cereal #46 Pete Burnside question | 0 | Aug 23, 2019 4:48 PM by NJDevils |
Interesting | 0 | May 5, 2019 8:11 PM by Splinter_9 |