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1935-41   Wheaties

1935 SERIES 1 (complete box; shown at roughly 1/2 actual size)
Year(s) Published: 1935-41
Hobby Designation:   --
Set Name: Wheaties
Card Size (inches): varies
Number of Cards in Set: var.
Est. Value (common; VG): $30
Summary of Set Features (see below)
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Set Summary
  • Produced by General Mill's Wheaties brand breakfast cereal
  • Oversized cards; generally follow a blue & orange color theme
  • Cards cut (often roughly) from the backs of Wheaties boxes
  • Several new series produced each year from 1935 through 1941
  • See Gallery of Sets for example image from each set
  • See table below for key details about each set
  • Wheaties Baseball Card Sets Compared
      Card Size
    (inches)
    Year
    Issued
    # of cards
    in Set
    Numbered
    Set?
    Value
    Multiplier

    Series 16 x 6-1/41935 26 no 1.7
    Series 36 x 6-1/41936 12 no 1.7
    Series 46 x 8-1/21936 12 no 1.7
    Series 56-1/2 x 8-1/21936 12 yes 1.7
    Series 66 x 8-1/41937 12 yes 1.7
    Series 76 x 8-1/41937 16 yes 2
    Series 86 x 8-1/21937 8 no 3
    Series 96 x 8-1/21937 16 no 1.7
    Series 106 x 8-1/21938 16 yes 1.7
    Series 116 x 8-1/21938 8 no 1.5
    Series 126 x 8-1/41939 9 yes 2
    Series 136 x 6-3/41939 8 yes 1
    Series 142-5/8 x 3-7/81937 16 no 2.5
    Series 152-5/8 x 3-7/81938 16? no 2.5
    1940 Champs6 x 8-1/41940 20 yes 2
    1941 Champs6 x 8-1/41941 8 yes 2

    Reference:
    1) "OC's featured Set of the Month (Wheaties Set of Sets)," Old Cardboard eNewsletter, Issue #9 (January 2005), Item #4


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