Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/24/2024
The first of two (2) Canadian Football League trading card sets released by the cereal company Post, the cards measure the standard size and were issued on the backs of boxes of Post Cereals distributed in Canada. Not available directly from the company via a send-in offer as with other Post Cereal issues, the set featured a total of 137 cards in all and includes short-printed and more limited examples in its checklist, with many of the desirable "SP" offerings sporting white coloured backs instead of the typically seen brown. Released in a year that saw the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the 50th Grey Cup, offered here is this starter set of the 1962 Post CFL Football release. All hand cut and having mostly been done so very carefully throughout the entirety of the contingent, the group includes 71 of the 137 cards making up the checklist and is paced by key examples of 21-Lancaster (EX to EX-MT - slight residue on the reverse), 24-Jackson (VG to VG-EX - very small crease at the bottom right), 25-Simpson (VG to VG-EX - light corner wear and back residue), 39-Gilchrist (G to VG - bottom right corner ding), 46-Rote (VG-EX to EX - poorly cut at the top left), 57-Faloney (EX to EX-MT), 62-Patterson (VG-EX to EX - bottom border ding), 67-Henley (G to VG - multiple tiny creases) and 113-Parker (EX - light discoloration). With about half of the remaining cards making up the rest of the group sporting back residue and a pair of those cards showing ink marks as well, also included with the lot is a group of twenty (20) extra cards featuring star players listed above including Jackson (3), Faloney (3), Patterson (2), Parker (8), Rote (2) and Henley (2), with one (1) of the Jackson cards displaying with creases and one of the cards of Parker in just overall poor condition. Additionally, there are about forty (40) other extra cards with a few in a low-grade state and around 10-15 showing with back residue and/or a crease.
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