Lot # 1486: 1961 Post Cereal Complete Set (200)

Complete set of one of the 1960s great classics: 1961 Post Cereal. This complete set of 200 cards is composed of both company cards (76%, perforated cards available on sheets directly from Post via mail-in offer) and box cards (24%, available on cereal boxes and intended to be hand-cut). Includes a duplicate of #163 Roach. Overall condition is 11% Nr/Mt, 33% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 56% Vg to Vg-Ex (including some company cards due solely to centering [a common characteristic of this set] and a few lesser). The preceding grades, as well as those in the composite below, are without respect to the neatness of the cut of box cards, as most of them are cut at least partially inside of the borders and might qualify for only "Authentic" if submitted for professional grading. Keys: #1 Berra (Vg, company), 4 Mantle (Vg-Ex, company), 7 Maris (Ex+ due solely to centering, company), 10 McDougald (Ex, box), 22 Wynn (Ex-Mt, company), 23 Shaw (Vg, box), 35 Kaline (Ex, box), 73 Estrada (100/0 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt, company), 75 B. Robinson (0/100 T/B, otherwise Ex, company), 92 Killebrew (Ex, box), 93 J. Lemon (100/0 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt, company), 94 Stobbs (100/0 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt, company), 106 Mathews (Ex, company), 107 Aaron (Ex due to centering, company), 132 Clemente (98/2 T/B, otherwise Vg-Ex, company), 135 Virdon (Vg, box), 145 Mays (Vg, box), 147 McCovey (Vg-Ex, company), two 163 Roach (Vg and pen mark on front, otherwise Ex-Mt, both box), 167 Snider (100/0 L/R and B/T, otherwise Nr/Mt, company), 182 F. Robinson (Ex due to centering, company), 183 McMillan (Ex, box), 191 Banks (100/0 L/R, otherwise Vg-Ex, company), and 193 Thomas (100/0 L/R, otherwise Ex+). This is a very attractive complete set of this scarce package-design issue, which is underrated, and compared to other sets of the era, extremely difficult to find as a set. Total: 201 cards (set of 200 plus one duplicate).