Thank you Mr. Kellogg

[bmattioli]

Kellogg's and Hostess cards are my youth and still actively collect them..

[ullmandds]

YES!!!! Kellogs and hostess! MY dad worked for ITT...who owned hostess...products were abound. I never even knew there was a rold gold set just like the kelloggs all time greats until adulthood!!

Do they all curl over time???

[Hankphenom]

Somebody only had to eat one box to get this, but thankfully they chose not to cut it out.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Somebody only had to eat one box to get this, but thankfully they chose not to cut it out.

Cool item, Hank. I don't recall ever seeing one of these when I was young. It had to be issued before the end of the 1953 season, because Mickey Vernon won the AL batting title in 1953, and this is not mentioned on the cereal box.

[GeoPoto]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

It had to be issued before the end of the 1953 season, because Mickey Vernon won the AL batting title in 1953, and this is not mentioned on the cereal box.

Interesting to see Nationals used -- except for T55 and T56, baseball cards were very consistent in the use of Senators.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

Interesting to see Nationals used -- except for T55 and T56, baseball cards were very consistent in the use of Senators.

Really? I'm not a card guy, but for other stuff, like pennants, pins, etc., which is what I collect, I'd guess the greater use of Nationals over Senators through 1956, when they officially changed the name to Senators. And what are T55-56s, don't think I've heard of those before?

[GeoPoto]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

And what are T55-56s, don't think I've heard of those before?

I think (but I haven't done any research), that all of the post war cards use Senators except 1955 Topps and 1956 Topps, which use Nationals.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Cool item, Hank. I don't recall ever seeing one of these when I was young. It had to be issued before the end of the 1953 season, because Mickey Vernon won the AL batting title in 1953, and this is not mentioned on the cereal box.

I noticed that, too, Val. I'd guess early 50s up to 1953 before the season was done, but the window is '47-53.

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Somebody only had to eat one box to get this, but thankfully they chose not to cut it out.

Looks like this one is SGC Slabbed? What does the flip say and where did you find it? Pretty Cool!

[darkhorse9]

I've been trying to complete the 1975 Kelloggs set but they all seem to crack worse than any other year. They're impossible to find in nm

Otherwise I have a complete run if Kelloggs 1970-1983, Hostess panels 1975-1979 and Hostess Twinkies 1975-1977

[insidethewrapper]

The 1975 set is impossible to collect in top condition because they crack easily. Many of the slabbed cards also are cracked. Don't buy based on the grade, because they may crack later. They are hard to find in top condition , and if you do, they will be cracked the next time you look at them. I put together over 5 sets over the years and I looked at them a few months ago and almost 100% of them are now cracked. I wasted a lot of monery. They were in binders. I have all the other sets including the 1971 Set with a total of 194 variations ( including both dated and undated copyrights).

[GasHouseGang]

I only had one of those cards as a kid, but it was a Ruth so I was happy to get it. I guess my mom wouldn't keep buying the cereal, because I never got another. I don't remember ever seeing the danish. I finally had to buy the set.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

Looks like this one is SGC Slabbed? What does the flip say and where did you find it? Pretty Cool!

It's in a frame, not slabbed, and the "flip" is the inside of the cereal box, which is plain cardboard. This was the outside back of the box. I've had it so long I don't remember where I got it.

[qed2190]

I have several packages of the cards that the company sent me from all the years I never opened them they are still in their mailing containers. After seeing these posts I am thinking about unpacking them to see if they are ok or cracked. They are up in the attic somewhere.

[Jay Wolt]

Great thread
Here's my 1978 Kellogg's box

[rats60]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

YES!!!! Kellogs and hostess! MY dad worked for ITT...who owned hostess...products were abound. I never even knew there was a rold gold set just like the kelloggs all time greats until adulthood!!

Do they all curl over time???

We collected them out of the packages of rold gold pretzels. As I recall you could see who you were getting so it made the set easier to complete. We ate alot of Corn Flakes and Pretzels growing up.