Favorite Post War Set

[ClementeFanOh]

I'm with Hirbonzig, 53 Bowman Color is timeless and 67 Topps is simple and
clean. The 75 Topps set is growing on me

Trent King

[jtq81]

52 Topps
67 Topps
48 Leaf

I'm not sure which set I dislike most. 55 Bowman or 57 Topps. I actually own a decent 57 Topps set with every card graded EX-MT or higher. I do like the Brooks Robinson RC.

[skelly423]

I've got 1952 Topps at the top of my list by a decent margin.

The rest of the list is pretty interchangeable, but rounding out my top 5 I've got
1950 Bowman
1949 Leaf
1952 Bowman
1953 Bowman

[Kevin]

1950 and 1955 Bowman…love those designs.

[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

[commishbob]

58 and 59 Topps are at the top of my list. This isn't based on aesthetics as much as nostalgia. One day a girl in my Long Island neighborhood showed up on our front steps with a handful of '58 cards. To this day I remember being blown away with the idea of ballplayers on colorful cardboard.
I got my first packs of cards ('59 first series) in my basket the next Easter and a lifelong hobby was born.

[EGreenwood]

My favorites are:

• 50 Bowman
• 52 Bowman
• 53 Topps
• 56 Topps
• 62 Bell Brand
• 78 Topps

[StraightRaceCards]

#1 1956 Topps

#2 1954 Topps

#3 1954 Bowman

-56 just has so much going for it. Great eye appeal, loads of great cards from hall of famers. Absolutely love it.

-54 has the best aesthetic in my opinion. Plus rookies of some of my favorites, Banks, Aaron, and Kaline.

-54 Bowman. Not much love here if I had to guess due to the lack of firepower, but I love the simplicity of the set

[Yoda]

Dandee Potato Chips.

[JimC]

59 Bazooka, FB and BB

[darwinbulldog]

1951 Bowman