U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Cachetmaker: David W. Emke

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by Douglas H. Henkle, AFDCS LM #137, henkle@pobox.com

(last updated .04-13-2025)

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      This page displays First Day Cover (FDC) cachets Hand Drawn and Hand Painted by David W. Emke (19??-) of city?, Ontario, Canada from 1987 to 2013.

      References -- What's New on this page

  1. U.S. Scott #2257 -- 4-11-1987 First Cachet -- David W. Emke -- (WP)
          Also displayed is WorthPoint Corporation's detailed description of David W. Emke's First Cachet.
    U.S. Scott #2257 - David W. Emke (First Cachet) U.S. Scott #2257 - David W. Emke (First Cachet)
  2. U.S. Scott #2416 -- 5-03-1989 -- David W. Emke "23 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2416 - David W. Emke
  3. U.S. Scott #2511a -- 10-03-1990 -- David W. Emke "23 fo 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2511a - David W. Emke
  4. U.S. Scott #2517 -- 1-22-1991 -- David W. Emke "10 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2517 - David W. Emke
  5. U.S. Scott #2533 -- 3-01-1991 -- David W. Emke "10 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2533 - David W. Emke
  6. U.S. Scott #2636 -- 6-01-1992 -- David W. Emke "8 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2636 - David W. Emke
  7. U.S. Scott #2646a -- 6-15-1992 -- David W. Emke "21 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2646a - David W. Emke
  8. U.S. Scott #2711-2714 -- 10-22-1992 -- David W. Emke "10 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2711-2714 - David W. Emke
  9. U.S. Scott #2790a -- 10-21-1993 -- David W. Emke "10 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2790a - David W. Emke
  10. U.S. Scott #2829-2832 -- 4-28-1994 -- David W. Emke "10 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2829 - David W. Emke
  11. U.S. Scott #2950 -- 3-03-1995 -- David W. Emke "4 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2950 - David W. Emke
  12. U.S. Scott #3025-3029 -- 1-19-1996 -- David W. Emke "10 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #3025-3029 - David W. Emke U.S. Scott #3025-3029 - David W. Emke
  13. U.S. Scott #3088 -- 8-01-1996 -- David W. Emke "10 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #3088 - David W. Emke U.S. Scott #3088 - David W. Emke
    14. According to the Siegel Sale 894, David W. Emke produced 40 more cachets before the end of 1996.

  14. U.S. Scott #3197a -- 3-19-1998 -- David W. Emke #1 "5 of 25" and #2 "22 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #3193-3197 - David W. Emke U.S. Scott #3193-3197 - David W. Emke
  15. U.S. Scott #3903a -- 3-15-2005 -- David W. Emke "11 of 25 of " --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #3900 - David W. Emke U.S. Scott #3900 - David W. Emke
  16. U.S. Scott #3901 -- 3-15-2005 -- David W. Emke "20 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #3901 - David W. Emke
  17. U.S. Scott #4101-4104 -- 10-05-2006 -- David W. Emke "22 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #4101-4104 - David W. Emke
  18. U.S. Scott #4266 -- 5-17-2008 -- David W. Emke "5 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #4266 - David W. Emke
  19. U.S. Scott #4363a -- 10-23-2008 -- David W. Emke "4 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #4360-4363 - David W. Emke
  20. U.S. Scott #4481a -- 10-21-2010 -- David W. Emke "5 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #4478-4481 - David W. Emke
  21. U.S. Scott #4548 -- 7-28-2011 -- David W. Emke "20 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #4548 - David W. Emke
    22. #4549 -- 7-28-2011
  22. U.S. Scott #4549 -- 7-28-2011 -- David W. Emke "11 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #4549 - David W. Emke
  23. U.S. Scott #4550 -- 7-28-2011 -- David W. Emke "6 of 25" and "21 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #4550 - David W. Emke U.S. Scott #4550 - David W. Emke
  24. U.S. Scott #4551 -- 7-28-2011 -- David W. Emke "21 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #4551 - David W. Emke
  25. U.S. Scott #4790 -- 6-20-2013 -- David W. Emke "5 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #4790 - David W. Emke
  26. U.S. Scott #C130 -- 6-21-1991 -- David W. Emke "20 of 25" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #C130 - David W. Emke
#References
Articles published in FIRST DAYS, Listed in Date of Publication Order:

      Except for following three mentions in passing in FIRST DAYS, one of which states he is from an unknown city in Ontario, Canada and nothing else about him, the only other times Emke's name appears is in Auction Realizations, Dealer's Want Lists, and For Sale items.
  1. [#236, 37(1), 1-15-1992, p. 28]
  2. [#387, 55(8), 12-01-2010, p. 15]
  3. [#473, 68(6), 11-12/2023, p. 23]
References to David W. Emke found on the Web:

Siegel Sale 894: McCusker Sale 206: The Dr. Alfred S. Martin Collection (3-31-2005) [PDF/OCR] [Archive]
      Lot 801, page 130 [PDF/OCR] -- Lot text follows:
    "801 -- David Emke Collection. 45 hand-painted covers neatly mounted in NuAce album, including 3 Forerunner cachets
  1. Cactus block-only 5 produced
  2. Wetlands-only 5 produced
  3. Polar Explorers-unique 39c Canada Locomotive on oversized cover-2 produced)
  4. Canal Boat -- #2257 First Cachet
  5. Locomotive Booklet
  6. 1988 Love
  7. Honeybee
  8. 1988 Christmas
  9. 1989 Christmas
  10. South Dakota -- #2416
  11. Letter Carriers
  12. 1989 Christmas
  13. 1990 Love
  14. $1.00 Seaplane
  15. Rhode Island Statehood
  16. Sea Creatures -- #2511a
  17. 25c America
  18. 1990 Christmas
  19. "F" Flower -- #2517
  20. USA/Switzerland
  21. Vermont -- #2533
  22. Fawn
  23. Wood Duck
  24. 1991 Love
  25. Cardinal
  26. 1991 Christmas
  27. Kentucky -- #2636
  28. Wild Animals set of 5
  29. 1992 Christmas Toys -- ##2711-2714
  30. 1993 Garden Flowers booklet
  31. African Violet
  32. 1993 Christmas: Greetings -- #2790a
  33. self-adhesive Eagle
  34. 1994 Love
  35. 1994 Garden Flowers -- #2829-2832
  36. Cranes
  37. 1994 Christmas
  38. 1995 Garden Flowers
  39. 1995 Christmas
  40. 1996 Garden Flowers -- #3025-3029
  41. Iowa -- #3088
    42. This represents a complete Emke collection, from Forerunners through 1996 E. 12,000-15,000"
    "45 hand-painted covers", however, only 41 issues are listed.

          1987-2008 issues not included in the "complete Emke collection" listed above:
  42. Hummingbirds -- #2646a
  43. Florida -- #2950
  44. 1998 Flowering Trees -- #3197a
  45. 2005 Spring Flowers -- #3903a
  46. 2006 Christmas Snowflakes -- #4101-4104
  47. 2008 Minnesota -- #4266
  48. 2008 Christmas Nutcrackers -- #4363a
  49. 2010 Christmas Evergreens -- #4481a
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Peppermint Stick Learning Co.: Featured Products Catalog (10-21-2013) [Archive]
      Two out-of-print books with illustrations by David W. Emke

The Stamp Collecting Forum: First Day Covers - David W. Emke (10-30-2013)

Colouring (British SP) Page for Sermon(s): Be Digging into the Word of God -- ©2008 by David W. Emke, Ontario, Canada
His Family Tree:
Father: Louis Emke 12-29-1911 - 2-02-1998 -- ancestry.com (almost nothing) -- Find A Grave
Mother: Beatrice Marjorie Klein Eke 2-05-1917 - 5-09-2003 -- ancestry.com (almost nothing) -- Find A Grave
      Per: Artistes au Canada (Artists from Canada): as of 2003, David W. Emke and his wife Sarah lived in Chesley, Ontario, and David was born ca. 1948 in Chesley, Ontario (or possibly in Elmwood, Ontario).

      Parent's 25th Wedding Anniversary (1965) -- Father's obituary (1998) -- Mother's obituary (2003)
Parent's 25th Wedding Anniversary (1965)    Father's obituary (1998)    Mother's obituary (2003)
What's New on this page -- changes since 02-10-2025
04-13-2025 (total? Cachetmakers): Added: #2533 -- #2711-2714
URL: https://folklib.net/fdc/makers/emke.shtml
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