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Welcome...Please, take your time and look around the site. There's plenty to see
on this Home Page... ... and please click on any of the page tabs that interest you as well!
Click on the "Newsletter" page and the "Blog" page
to see any "Latest News" I invite you to email me with any comments,
requests, and/or suggestions!
Bob Emrick
My Latest Cachet Designs Click any image for details
and ordering information...
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| 2009 Gulf Coast Lighthouses - "Combination - All Five" |
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| 2009 Gulf Coast Lighthouses - "Matagorda Island Texas" |
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| 2009 Gulf Coast Lighthouses - "Sabine Pass Louisiana" |
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| 2009 Gulf Coast Lighthouses - "Sand Island Alabama" |
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| 2009 Gulf Coast Lighthouses - "Biloxi Mississippi" |
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| 2009 - Gulf Coast Lighthouses - "Ft. Jefferson Florida" |
Full Set of Six - 2009 Gulf Coast Lighthouses Five Singles and One Combo with All Five Only
10 Sets to be painted.
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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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| #855 Add-On - Design One - "King" Kelly |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - Abner Doubleday |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - Ed Delahanty |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - Dan Brouthers |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - Hugh Jennings - 1890s Baltimore Orioles |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - Charles Comiskey |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - "Chief" Bender |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - Morgan Bulkeley |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - Ban Johnson |
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| 855 Add-On Design One - "Rabbit" Maranville |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - "Smokey Joe" Williams |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - "Kid" Nichols |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - Oscar Charleston |
Finished
this Add-On Set of 53 Covers! The Last 13 Are Now Painted...
Final Covers Include: Smokey Joe Williams, Oscar Charleston, Rabbit Maranville, Kid Nichols, Chief Bender, Morgan Bulkeley, Ban Johnson, Charles Comiskey, Dan Brouthers, Ed Delahanty, King Kelly, Hugh Jennings, and of course... Abner Doubleday
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| 2009 Baseball Hall Of Fame - Rickey Henderson |
2009
Baseball Hall of Fame Event Design Rickey Henderson - "Man of Steal"
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| 1999 Ayn Rand - Add-On - "The Fountainhead" |
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| 1999 Ayn Rand - Add-On - "Atlas Shrugged" |
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| 1999 Ayn Rand - Add-On - "Objectivism" |
Three
Ayn Rand Add-On Designs for a Collector in Tennessee. "Atlas Shrugged"
- "Objectivism" - "The Fountainhead"
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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 - VW/Studebaker |
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| '08 50s Fins & Chrome/'09 Cult Cars - US/Sweden Dual Cancel - Volvo/Lincoln |
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| '08 50s Fins/Chrome/'09 Cult Cars - US/Sweden Dual Cancel - "Caddy/Caddy" |
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| '08 50's Fins & Chrome/'09 Swedish Cult Cars - Dual Cancel - Citroen/Pontiac Safari |
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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 this First Set to his Collection!
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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 |
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| 2007 Ella Fitzgerald - Oscar Peterson Combo |
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| 2007 Ella Fitzgerald - 2007 Love Combo - "Love & Kisses" |
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| 2007 Ella Fitzgerald - Louis Armstrong Combo |
Four "Ella Fitzgerald"
Designs in this Order... and Both Charles Chesnutt Covers...
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| 1986 Dual Cancel Add-On - "Liberte'-Liberty" |
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| Greta Garbo - Dual Cancel - Design #7 |
Another
Garbo #7 Design Only a few more available
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - Josh Gibson |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - William "Judy" Johnson |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - "Coo Papa" Bell |
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| #855 Add-On - Design One - Rube Foster |
Group
10 - Design One "Judy" Johnson - "Cool Papa" Bell Josh Gibson - Rube Foster
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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"
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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!" |
11th
& 12th Designs for Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "The House that Ruth Built" |
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| Early Era Baseball Action - "Play Ball!" |
Five NEW Designs
for the 2008 "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Issue... I now have a total
of 10 Designs Click on one of the images above to see them all!
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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!
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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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| 2009 Washburn Challenge Entry - "Texas Navy" USS San Antonio LPD-17 |
My 2009 Washburn
Challenge Entry...
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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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| 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.
Recently Completed
Eight Brand New 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
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 |
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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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| Pacific Coast Lighthouses - Combo |
Set of 6 Designs for the Pacific Lighthouse Issue Only 7 Sets will be made.
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.
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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 |
Two Unique Add-On Designs for the 1939 Baseball Sandlot
Issue. I'm doing 52 Players for each of two sets. Taking quite a bit of time, but making progress!
Click Each Image to see those that have been done so far.
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| Frank Chance - Design 1 Group 7 |
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| Design Two - Henry Chadwick |
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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 |
#4 of
6 Nobel Prize Dual Cancel Now Completed for a New York Collector... Only Two of this Design for Nobel Prize Dual Cancel Covers Left!
Click the image above for more information
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| 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.
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 |
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| 2004 Meriwether Lewis - "the Corps of Discovery" |
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| 2004 William Clark - "the Corps of Discovery" |
ONLY ONE COMPLETE SET LEFT! The first person to buy my Lewis and Clark design only purchased the "Map
Design"... so
I do have one more each of the individual Lewis and individual Clark designs available.
I
also 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.
I still
have some of these sets available. Click onto the above image to see them all and for ordering
details.
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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 - "Harry Caray" |
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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| 2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - "Ole' Time Pitcher" |
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| 2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Pee Wee Reese |
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Hand Drawn / Hand Painted Cachets |
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