Why does Post/Jello matter when other similar issues don't

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by skil55voy

The sets themselves are relatively small at 200 cards each.

Not so! They were only small in comparison to Topps Baseball card sets which were actually enormous compared to other card sets at the time.

Moreover the degree of difficulty in compiling a set must also be taken into consideration. You had to get your mother to buy, and then make, 200 packages of Jell-O! Or else toss a box or two of Bran Flakes or Grape-Nuts into the shopping cart as your mother wheeled it around the grocery store which I'm sure would have elicited a puzzled look from your mother. Then an angry rejoinder from her when you'd be reluctant to eat them. "You picked that cereal now you eat it! I'm not going to buy any more cereal until you finish every last bit of that box."

Originally Posted by skil55voy

Dan Mabey's Post Cereal books are the ultimate guides to collecting the Post Cereal sets. (I didn't even mention the 1962 Post Cereal Canadian set) For the 1962 US Football set, Ken Marks has a very informative book covering that set. A couple have collected the info on the 63 Jello boxes. (Who is on what flavor and size) As for the 62 Jello set we have a compiled list.(Sizeand flavor) It is not complete.

I agree! Dan Mabey's books are excellent. He very recently published new revised and expanded editions of each:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=354940

He might perhaps still have some left.

[Kenmarks]

Mike Skiles is right on. One thing I might add related to collectors of the Post Cereal and Jell-O cards and sets. While most collectors might go for basic 200 card sets (or less in the 62 Jell-O and Post CFL issues), some post enthusiasts do attempt putting together "Master Sets". A master set of some of the Post issues can sometimes reach into the mid-500s in terms of cards necessary to be complete ... as you need a card for each player coming from every cereal box each player appeared on (plus in the 1962 Post baseball, differences in the cards of Cash, Adcock, and Cepeda where they had differences in cards on their Grape Nut box appearances. Master sets are attainable (but far from easy) for all the American and Canadian Baseball and Football Post Cereal promotions. Recently a couple of collectors have put together master sets of the 1963 Jell-O set (324 total cards of which 180 are 6 oz. SP cards-brutal). And as Mike alludes to, not enough information is available to understand exactly what is included in a 1962 Jell-O master set.

Have texted with Dan a couple of times this week and he confirmed he does have copies of all his different books available to collectors.