Post Cereal Box Card Questions

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Posted By: Trae

I recently purchased a 62' Mantle Post #5 card, how do I determine if it is #5A or #5B? I am not sure what that is in reference to in the Beckett Online Guide. The card simply says 5 on the back, and there is no plain #5 in the beckett guide. Also the card was torn along a perforated edge from the cereal box, as opposed to being cut down to the black borders of the card. If this card was cut to the lines which are still perfectly in-tact it would probably be a mint card - is that considered trimming, and if so is it ethical in this scenario, and where would I have it done if it was acceptable? Would it be better to simply leave it alone as-is?

Thank you

(I have a Maris with the same numbering issue also, but it is cut properly)

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Posted By: DD

Both the Maris and the Mantle were inserted in the April 1962 issue of Life magazine with Liz Taylor in Cleopatra on the cover. I believe the perfed one you have would be from the magazine. Not sure which is worth more, the one from the mag or the cereal box.

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Posted By: Trae R.

Thank you! Should I leave it as-is then with the prefs intact? I believe they are both worth the same, the 5A and 5B showed no difference in price in Beckett. However, this does have the Post Cereal logo on the backs of both cards - would that still exhibit a magazine as the source?

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Trae: There is a group called Old Baseball Cards which contains members with considerable expertise in cards from the 50s and more recent. They also have members with significant knowledge and interest in pre-war cards.

If your primary focus is in cards manufactured after WWII, I believe the OBC group would be more interested in cards from that era.

I have found some receptivity from this board if I offer discussion of cards manufactured between 1920 and WWII, but I find most interest falls in those cards from the deadball era and before.

There is no reason why you can't participate in both groups.

Just my observations, I could be mistaken + I certainly do not speak for anyone but myself.

Gilbert

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Posted By: Bryan

I am currently a member of VCT (vintage card traders). This is also a great group of guys that mainly collect the years that you asking questions about. There are "experts" in the group that could help you with your questions. If you do have questions about topps and bowman plus abstract issue such as post - it will be these guys that can answer your questions.
The website address is:
www.vintagecardtraders.com
You will also find links at the bottom of the page for other groups with the same interest.
Hope this helps.

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Posted By: Trae R.

Awesome, Thanks to both of you.

Is this the OBC being referred to:
http://www.oldbaseball.com/

?

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Posted By: Bryan

it sure is.

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

Here is the way they appeared as an insert, back to back, in the April 13, 1962 issue of Life, just after a page 5 black & white full page ad with Whitey Ford. 12 different brands of Post cereals are shown, some more popular than others. As you can see, there is some toning due to never having been removed from the magazine. Mantle was #5 and Maris #6. I'm guessing that these were the "B versions of the regular Post cards.