Favorite Post War Set

[jingram058]

53 Bowman color & b/w together as one set

62 Topps

54 Topps

67 Topps

50 Bowman

These are my top 5 post-war sets in order of my preference. I have 53 Bowman and 62 Topps complete. I have the big cards from 54 Topps, 67 Topps, and 50 Bowman. It appears these sets would be fairly easy to complete if I were to pursue them, with the big cards out of the way.

[The Detroit Collector]

Both 53 sets, Topps and Bowman Color are my favorite.

[Jay Wolt]

For me its 1965 Topps

[jchcollins]

In the 1950's I like '56 the best - the combo of design and color just makes for a superior production quality. And those cartoons on the back are killer. I also like 1959 Topps. Just a very 50's feel to it to me with the colors, bubbles, and slant lower case names and logos.

In the 1960's I like 1962, 1963, 1965 with the flags, and '67 for the photos and clean design. I could do without '61 and '64 and '66 for the most part, though they are not horrible. Same with '68 and '69.

In the 70's, '71 is kind of it's own animal, but I love it. One of my few complete vintage sets. The first year Topps shifted to using action photos as part of the base card image - those things had to have taken young boys quite by surprise when they ripped into the packs for the first time in the spring. I also love the '72 psychos for the crazy colors and gothic, almost dripping team names. It fits the era very well. Beyond that in the 70's, I like 1976 and the caricature-like position player depictions. I don't like my birth year set ('77) that much.

[Andrew1975]

1954 Topps
1965 Topps
1975 Topps
1980 Topps

[Casey2296]

51 Bowman
53 Bowman color
53 Topps
56 Topps
64 Topps
Honorable mention
70 Kellogg's 3D
64 Fujiya Gum

In no particular order.

[Rich Falvo]

I'd put 1956 and 1964 Topps at the top of my list. For now. This is subject to frequent change.

I have a soft spot for 1978 - 1982 Topps only because those were the prime years of my youth pack-buying and card-trading days. I only just recently sold off the last of the sets I built back then.