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Welcome...
Please, take your time and look around the site.  
Each Cachet you see is available unless otherwise noted...
There's plenty to see on this Home Page...
... and please click on any of the page tabs that interest you as well!
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 Bob Emrick
My Latest Cachet Designs
Click any image for details and ordering information... 

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Dodgers LA Memorial Coliseum"

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "The House that Ruth Built"

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Fenway Park - Boston

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Dodger Stadium"

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Briggs Stadium - Detroit

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Brooklyn - Ebbets Field"

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Yankee Stadium - NYC

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Play Ball!"

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#855 Add-On - Ball Parks of 1939 - "The Bee Hive" - Boston

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Ole' Time Pitcher"

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Crosley Field - Cincinnati - 1st Major League Night Game

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Pee Wee Reese"

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Comiskey Park - Chicago

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Ted Williams - Player/Patriot"

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Polo Grounds - New York City

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Bugs the Dodger"

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Forbes Field - Pittsburgh

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Harry Cary"

Only a Few of this Design will be Painted 
Harry Caray was famous for leading the Chicago Cubs fans in singing
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the 7th Inning Stretch...

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Griffith Stadium - Washington D.C.

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Dual Cancel Add-On - "Last Game for... The Bambino"

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Municipal Stadium - Cleveland

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Cracker Jacks"

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#855 Add-On "Ball Parks of 1939" - Ebbets Field - Brooklyn

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Shibe Park - Philadelphia

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Wrigley Field - Chicago

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#855 Add-On - "Ball Parks of 1939" - Sportsman's Park - St. Louis

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#855 Add-On - Design One - Ted Williams

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#855 Add-On - Design One - Joe DiMaggio

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#855 Add-On - Design One - Jimmy Foxx

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#855 Add-On - Design One - Hank Greenberg

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#855 Add-On - Design One - Dizzy Dean

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2009 Gary Cooper - "Western Hero - Through the Years"

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Go-Go Sox"

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2009 Bob Hope - "Thanks For the Memories!"

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2009 Seabiscuit Postal Envelope - "Horse of the Year 1938"

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Let's Play Two!" - Ernie Banks

A New Design for this Issue! 
"Let's Play Two!"
Ernie Banks One of the
Best Loved Cubs in History
Thought this was a good time to use these "Two-Stamp" Covers!

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Play Ball!"

2008 Take Me Out to the Ball game - "Play Ball!"
I currently have two more of this design on the schedule... only a few more available!

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2009 Holiday Cookie - "I Love Gingerbread!"

A "Gingerbread" Topical Collector in Illinois
Asked me to "Bake" this 2009 Holiday Cookie! 

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2009 Gulf Coast Lighthouses - "Biloxi Mississippi"


Full Set of Six - 2009 Gulf Coast Lighthouses
Five Singles and One Combo with All Five 
Only 10 Sets to be painted.
Click the Image Above to see all six...

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2009 United Nations - "Nothing But Nets"

Massachusetts Collector has
Added Two of this Same Design
to his "Malaria" Themed Collection!

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2009 Baseball Hall Of Fame - Rickey Henderson

2009 Baseball Hall of Fame Event Design 
Rickey Henderson - "Man of Steal"
I now have two additional orders for the Henderson Cover and Jim Rice of Boston as well! 
Only a few more of these cancellations left... Let me know if you are interested...

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1999 Ayn Rand - Add-On - "Atlas Shrugged"

Three Ayn Rand Add-On Designs for a Collector in Tennessee. 
"Atlas Shrugged" - "Objectivism""The Fountainhead"
Click the image above to see all three!

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1986 #2204/Combo - Add-On "Tall Ship Elissa"


A Fellow Texan/Collector gave me the opportunity
to paint a tribute to the "Texas Tall Ship - Elissa" 
Had a great time with this one!

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'08 50s Fins/Chrome/'09 Cult Cars - US/Sweden Dual Cancel - "Caddy/Caddy"

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'08 50s Fins/Chrome/'09 Cult Cars - US/Sweden Dual Cancel - Chrysler 300/Mustang

The Swedish Collector that helped me obtain
this Dual Cancel is Adding the First Set to his Collection!
Click on one of the images above to see the whole set!

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2008 Charles Chesnutt - Design One

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2008 Charles Chesnutt - "The Wife of His Youth"

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2007 Ella Fitzgerald - Duke Ellington Combo

Four "Ella Fitzgerald" Designs in this Order...
and Both Charles Chesnutt Covers...
Click any of the images above to see the whole order

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1986 Dual Cancel Add-On - "Liberte'-Liberty"

This is a One of a Kind Design. 
I have several Single US Cancel Covers for this
Issue that I can do "similar" designs for...

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Greta Garbo - Dual Cancel - Design #7

Another Garbo #7 Design 
Only a few more available

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2008 Frank Sinatra - "Fly Me To The Moon"

Another Frank Sinatra Design...
Something a Little Different This Time...
"Fanciful Rocket Ride"
Click the image to see all of the Sinatra Cachets...

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2007 Jimmy Stewart - "Shenandoah"

My Second Jimmy Stewart Design...
Please visit the Jimmy Stewart Page for ordering details
You will also see several other Jimmy Stewart "Blanks" available.

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2009 Edgar Allen Poe - "The Raven" Combo With Russian Raven Stamp

"The Raven"
My 2009 Entry for the
AFDCS Cachet Makers Contest
WINNER!
First Place
Hand Drawn/Hand Painted Category
This Design may be ordered for
$45.00 Each
The "Dark" subject called for a "Dark" Design
Details show better on the original that on the scan...

Click Here To See All of the Winners...

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2009 Washburn Challenge Entry - "Texas Navy" USS San Antonio LPD-17

My 2009 Washburn Challenge Entry... 
Many of us in the Hobby are getting concerened... We haven't heard from Mr. Washburn since January of this year. 
If anyone has information of his welfare please, let me know.  Our prayers are that everything is ok...

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2006 American Motorcycles - "Wild One"

New Design for 2007 American Motorcycles 
"The Wild One" 
Ok, I know that Brando rode a
British Triumph in the film...
but it IS an American Film and I couldn't
resist going with this theme...
and Lee Marvin's Gang all rode Harley Davidsons...
hmm, Lee Marvin on a Harley for the Harley Davidson Stamp...
Could be done!
Click on the image for Availability and Ording details...

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1999 "Famous Trains" - 20th Century Limited - Steaming through the Night...

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Eight Brand 2008 Designs for a Collector in Chicago... 
Tiffany Lamp, James A. Michener, Edward Trudeau,
Sinatra "Rat Pack", Sinatra/Elvis,
Sinatra - "My Kind of Town",
"Sinatra - Ella Fitzgerald", & Sinatra/Dorsey 

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2008 1c Tiffany Lamp - "Louis Comfort Tiffany"

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2008 Frank Sinatra - Combination Elvis Presley - "Teen Idols"

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2008 Frank Sinatra - "My Kind of Town"

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2008 Frank Sinatra First Day Cover - "Frank & Ella"

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2008 Frank Sinatra - "Early Years with Tommy Dorsey"

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2008 Dr. Edward Trudeau - "Trudeau Sanitorium"

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2008 James A. Michener - Tales of the "South Pacific"

This is a "One of a Kind" Design 1998 Issue... 
"Remember the Maine!"
Click the "Remember the Maine" image below
to see more Add-On Cachets

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Looking at the beautiful 2008 "US Flags - 24/7" 
issue made me think of the "Star Spangled Banner"
Each of the 4 designs relates to words of our National Anthem...
Sunrise, Noon, Sunset, and Night.
Click on the images below for more information...

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"At the Twilight's Last Gleaming" - 24/7 Flags Issue (Sunset)

The "George 1" Design is done to Honor the memory of ...
the Martin PMB that crashed in the Antarcitc
while serving with Byrd's "Operation Highjump"
in December 1946. 
It is autographed by the surviving
Radarman "Robbie Robbins". 
I have a very limited supply of
autographed blanks for this design.

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Operation Highjump "George 1" Autographed by Radarman "Robbie" Robbins

Polar Year Stamp Design Click Image Below

to see more Polar Year Cachets

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First Plane to Land at South Pole - "Que Sera Sera"

A New York City Collector has added this
Add-On Cachet for this interesting
Dual Cancel Cover to his collection!
Click the image below to see more Add-Ons...

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Add-On for US / China Dual Cancel - 1994

Very interesting "Add-On" Cachet  
The Design is based on the famous
"Texas" Naval fighting ship... CA-30 USS Houston

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"The Texas Navy"... USS Houston CA-30

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2006 Judy Garland - "Over the Rainbow"

I guess every Cachet Maker has to do a
Judy Garland "Wizard of Oz" design...
so, here's mine!

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2003 Snowy Egret - One of a Kind Add-On Design

This Snowy Egret is a "One of a Kind" Design...
I can create a Unique Design for you...
... this stamp issue... or another of your choice!

1969 Football and 1969 Baseball!

Click Image Above to See All...

I can come up with a design for YOU!

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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - Former Home of the Rams

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Ebbets Field - Home of the Brooklyn Dodgers

After finishing the '69 Baseball and Football Sets I found a "Block of 4" FDC for each issue.      
The collector agreed that these would complete the sets perfectly!
Click the image above to see the full Baseball and Football Sets.

Another Fun Add-On!

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"Colorful Songbirds... With a Drummer" - 1 of a Kind Audubon

The Add-On Cachet below was included in a nice exhibit prepared for the
AFDCS "Americover" Show that was held in Falls Church, Virginia August 2008.

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1968 HemisFair - One of a Kind Add-On

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Design 1-*A - Spirit of St. Louis - Tied in with #1710

Jimmy Stewart Design -

Featured as part of Chris Calle's

"Art of the Cachet Maker" Exhibit...

Click the Image for availability and ordering information.

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Nobel Prize Design II - 4 of 6

Nobel Prize Dual Cancel
Only Two of this Design Left!  
Click the image above for more information
Design One - Corvette
SC-001 - Design One - Corvette (Available)

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2005 50s Sporty Cars - Design II - Set of 5

A Customer in Chicago ordered a
full set of both 50s Sporty Cars Designs.  
My "FIRST CACHET"
Click one of the above images for more information.

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2008 Hoover Dam - "Guardian Angel at Hoover Dam"

First of Two Designs for the 2008 $16.50 Issue 
"Guardian Angel at Hoover Dam" 
One of these angels is located on either side of the U.S. Flag at Hoover Dam. 
The 1930s Art Deco Statues inspired me to add the Era Background...

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Lewis and Clark - Louisiana Purchase Explorers


Click on the Scan Above to see all 3 Designs.
I have plenty of Lewis & Clark
FDC Blanks for New Designs

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2008 Disney - Steamboat Willie

One of my First Customers in New York ordered Sets of Disney Cachets! 
2007 and 2008 Click on the image above to see them all...
and  for more information. 

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "EmPrint" Printed Cachet

New "EmPrint" Design  "Safe At the Plate"
2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Printed from Original Emrick Painting...
Click on Image for more details...

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Cubs Win!"

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2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Cub-grats to the Sox!"

Tributes to the "Chicago Cubs" and to the 
"Chicago White Sox" Covers...
The two with matching design themes
make a very nice set! 

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Dual Cancel - Chinese Year of the Rat / Frank Sinatra

2008 American First Day Cover Society Cachet Maker's Contest
Winner of "Honorable Mention"
(2nd Place)
Hand Drawn/Hand Painted Category 
Only a Few Left!  $45 Each

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1999 "Famous Trains" - Santa Fe Super Chief

A Collecting Neighbor here in the
Dallas-Ft.Worth Area has ordered a "Train Set"...
Makes me think of the old
"Lionel Train Set" I had as a kid... 
This "Set" of six is comprized of FDCs
for the 1999 "Famous Trains" issue. 
A single for each of the five plus a Combo with all five stamps. 
Click on one of the images above to see all six.

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#855 Add-On - Design Two - "Chief" Bender

#855 Add-Ons - "Design Two"! 
The Set of 53 Covers is now Complete! 
Click on the scan above to see them all!

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2007 Jury Duty - "12 Angry Men"

Not the first "12 Angry Men"
Design done for this stamp issue...
... but I wanted to add my own design
to those already out there.

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2007 - 60th Anniversary First Supersonic Flight - "Glamorous Glennis"

First of Two Designs for this 60th Anniversary Event. 
I have a second cancel available for a design
that will include the B-29 that carried the
Bell-X1 to launch altitude...along with the Bell-X1
 Click on the image above for more deatails...

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Hand Drawn / Hand Painted Cachets