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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 VAR	New York Yankees
		3b	Bill Skowron 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

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• 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.
• #3 Bill Skowron - UER: "December 18, 1931" should be "December 18, 1930" as birthdate
• #3 Bill Skowron - UER: "December 18, 1931" should be "December 18, 1930" as birthdate
• #12 Hector Lopez - UER: "home runs" should be "RBI's" in 2nd and 3rd lines of text
• #12 Hector Lopez - UER: "home runs" should be "RBI's" in 2nd and 3rd lines of text
• #25 Minnie Minoso - UER: "November 25, 1922" should be "November 29, 1925" as birthdate
• #25 Minnie Minoso - UER: "November 25, 1922" should be "November 29, 1925" as birthdate
• #42 Don Mossi - UER: "January 11, 1930" should be "January 11, 1929" as birthdate
• #42 Don Mossi - UER: "January 11, 1930" should be "January 11, 1929" as birthdate
• #62 Paul Foytack - #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.
• #63 Vic Power - UER: "November 1, 1931" should be "November 1, 1927" as birthdate
• #63 Vic Power - UER: "November 1, 1931" should be "November 1, 1927" as birthdate
• #86 Dick Williams - UER "63" should be "65" for RBI in 1960 in stats
• #86 Dick Williams - UER: "63" should be "65" for RBI in 1960 in stats
• #132 Bob Clemente - His name was not Bob. He made it explicitly clear his name was Roberto. The nicknames Bob and Bobby were disrespectful to his heritage.
• #132 Bob Clemente - His name was not Bob. He made it explicitly clear his name was Roberto. The nicknames Bob and Bobby were disrespectful to his heritage.
• #153 Andre Rodgers - #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.
• #163 Mel Roach - 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.
• #177 Alex Grammas - UER: "April 3, 1927" should be "April 3, 1926" as birthdate
• #177 Alex Grammas - UER: "April 3, 1927" should be "April 3, 1926" as birthdate

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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.   2

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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
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External Links

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• BaseballCardPedia: 1961 Post (F-278-33)
• PSA Article: A Bunch of Cut-Ups: The 1961 Post Cereal Baseball Set
• PSA Article: Collecting the 1961 Post Cereal Baseball Card Set
• PSA Price Guide: 1961 Post Cereal
• Sports Collectors Daily: Passion for Post-Dan Mabey’s Books are Ultimate Guides to 1960s Post Cereal

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