Ronald Maddox on illustrating Britain
July 30th, 2010 admin
In the 70s and 80s artist Ronald Maddox travelled throughout the United Kingdom making drawings and paintings for the Post Office, Royal Mail and BT. The resulting images later appeared on stamps, first day covers, posters, aerogrammes, telephone directories and stamp books. In a talk given here in May, Ronald Maddox reflected on more than two decades of work. This talk is now available on our podcast. Village Churches, 1972 One of Ronald Maddox’s best known stamp issues is the Village Churches set from 1972. Initially Maddox made drawings of around 50 churches before the final five were settled on. This being the first stamp issue he had designed, he recalled his …
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