Favorite Post War Set

[brianp-beme]

These are the ones that aesthetically please me the most:

1953 Bowman
1955 Topps
1951 Bowman
1952 Bowman
1976 Topps

and some that I am irrationally attached to:

1964 Topps - I just like the look of all the big letter team names at the top of the card, with each team having a different color, which is fun to see when grouped together by team.

1961 Post, 1963 Post and 1962 Post, in that order - I love the idea of kids cutting out the cards from boxes (thus my preference for the box 1961 Post versus the company issued). Because of this scissor or tearing aspect they remind me of prewar strip cards, which I like because kids in the 1960's and decades before in general just did the best they could with their fumble fingers.

1963 Fleer - I wish they hadn't got shut down so early...would have been interesting if they had produced a much fuller set than the 66 cards that got distributed. I think I like their backs more than any other post-war cards...they are so crisp looking.


Brian