1962 Post Canadian Baseball Card Production

[hcv123]

Here are links to a couple of complete Canadian Grape nuts boxes that sold. Perhaps if you could get in touch with the winner(s) - you could get a lead on some of the information you are looking for. I was a bidder, but dropped out feeling they got a little rich for my blood - now if there was a Clemente............

http://feb13.hugginsandscott.com/cgi...l?itemid=53722

http://feb13.hugginsandscott.com/cgi...l?itemid=53721

I also have some type of advertisement somewhere that may have some info - I will try to look for it in the next week or so.

[Exhibitman]

The Canadian versions of the Post cards are by far the best looking of the sets, at least to my eye, and I pick them up when I can. I just picked up a Maris at the National. How can I tell which version I have?

[keepmeposted]

Gents -- Thank you for the 2 posts pertaining to leads on possible printers. In addition, the color shots of the 2 GN complete boxes are very impressive.

The 3 Maris variations can be differentiated based on the following descriptions. I'm simply cutting and pasting electrons from NORTHERN EXPOSURE, so even if the MSWord text doesn't completely transfer , I hope you will have adequate information to determine which Maris you picked up.

ROGER MARIS – No. 6
3 VARIATIONS

OAT FLAKES – OF
 Border with solid blue lines
 Name in large letters
 Card No. 6 is elevated to left of top picture frame
 English and French letter “j” looks like an “i”
 French text for Home reads “Résidence”
 French text first line reads “Roger fut en tête de L.A.
Pour les circuits (61).”, i.e. “P” in pour capitalized
 Photograph depicts gray-blue uniform
 Cardboard stock heavier weight

GRAPE-NUTS FLAKES 12 OUNCE – GNF12
 Border with solid blue lines
 Name in large letters
 Card No. 6 is elevated to left of top picture frame
 English and French letter “j” has tail
 French text for Home reads “Résidence”
 French text first line reads “Roger fut en tête de L.A.
pour les circuits (61).”, i.e. “p” in pour small case
 Photograph depicts gray uniform
 Cardboard stock heavier weight

GRAPE-NUTS – GN
 Border with solid blue lines
 Name in large letters
 Card No. 6 is even & to left of top picture frame
 English and French letter “j” has tail
 French text for Home reads “à”
 French text first line reads “Roger fut en tête de L.A.
Pour le circuits (61).”, i.e. “P” in pour capitalized
 Photograph enlarged with blue tint
 Cardboard stock white and thick

[Exhibitman]

Looks like a Grape Nuts Maris:

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Looks like a Grape Nuts Maris:

Yes, Adam, it is. Congrats on finding it at the National (I assume the 2018 event at the I-X Center in Cleveland). I was there looking for some of the key cards in their shorter print variations, but wasn't fortunate enough to find any. I did manage to obtain the Grape Nuts Maris from a fellow board member some months ago, along with the Grape Nuts Mays. They simply don't come along very often, although it seems a significant number of dealers still don't know what they have.

Best of luck in your collecting endeavors,

Larry

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

Yes, Adam, it is. Congrats on finding it at the National (I assume the 2018 event at the I-X Center in Cleveland).

This thread was bumped from 2014.

[toppcat]

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[toppcat]

If there are box flats around, there may be some printer's info in the waste areas that get hidden by glued flaps in assembly. It could be a code or a small logo' I know some Bowman sets had union/local information on the packaging, which might also be a way to figure it for US sets, not sure about Canada,