# Michael Goaman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_Goaman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_Goaman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goaman > Source revision: 1284321312 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Michael Goaman | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_name = Geoffrey Michael Goaman | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1921|02|14}} | birth_place = [East Grinstead](/source/East_Grinstead), West Sussex, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2009|05|13|1921|02|14}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | education = {{Plainlist| * [Hereford Cathedral School](/source/Hereford_Cathedral_School) * [Reading School](/source/Reading_School) }} | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| * [Reading University](/source/Reading_University) School of Art * [Central School of Arts](/source/Central_School_of_Art_and_Design) }} | occupation = {{Plainlist| * [Graphic designer](/source/Graphic_designer) * Illustrator }} | known_for = Postage stamp design | notable_works = | style = | spouse = [Sylvia, née Priestley](/source/Sylvia_Goaman) | children = 3 }} '''Geoffrey Michael Goaman''' (14 February 1921{{spaced ndash}}13 May 2009) was a [graphic designer](/source/graphic_designer) and illustrator, who designed a number of [British commemorative postage stamps](/source/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Great_Britain) starting with the 4d stamp in the set for the [Coronation of Elizabeth II](/source/Coronation_of_Elizabeth_II) in 1953, and then many in the 1960s. He also designed record sleeves, logos and posters, and illustrated books. In the 1950s, he designed the logo of the [European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations](/source/European_Conference_of_Postal_and_Telecommunications_Administrations) (CEPT), which later featured on one of his stamp designs. == Personal life == Goaman was born on 14 February 1921 in [East Grinstead](/source/East_Grinstead), West Sussex, England.{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=David |title=Obituary: Michael Goaman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/jun/16/obituary-michael-goaman |work=The Guardian |accessdate=1 February 2019 |date=15 June 2009}} He was educated at attended [Hereford Cathedral School](/source/Hereford_Cathedral_School) and [Reading School](/source/Reading_School), and then served in the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), captaining a destroyer in the Mediterranean and Atlantic theatres. After the war, he studied at [Reading University](/source/Reading_University)'s school of art, then at the [Central School of Arts](/source/Central_School_of_Art_and_Design) in London. He met fellow designer Sylvia Priestley (1924–2006), daughter of the writer [J. B. Priestley](/source/J._B._Priestley), at the Central School; they married in 1950. They had three daughters, and often worked together.{{cite web|url=https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=63|title=Tenth International Botanical Congress, Edinburgh (1964) : Collect GB Stamps|website=collectgbstamps.co.uk}}{{cite news |title=Sylvia Goaman |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1527258/Sylvia-Goaman.html |accessdate=1 February 2019 |date=25 August 2006}} In retirement, Sylvia and Michael worked together to design a stained glass window, to commemorate the Millennium, for St Peter's Church, at [Bramshaw](/source/Bramshaw).{{cite news |title=Peter on St Peter's |url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/5629959.Peter_on_St_Peter_s/ |work=Daily Echo |accessdate=1 February 2019 }} He died on 13 May 2009. == Stamps == Along with [Faith Jacques](/source/Faith_Jacques), Goaman was critical of the [Wilding design](/source/Wilding_series) of monarch's head used on British postage stamps in the 1950s.Letter kept in [The British Postal Museum & Archive](/source/The_British_Postal_Museum_%26_Archive) (POST 122/10703) ; quoted by Douglas Muir (2007). ''A Timeless Classic'', chapter 2, "A Portrait with problems", pages 15–17. Their complaint led in part to the [Machin design](/source/Machin_series) which replaced it.{{cite book |last1=Muir |first1=Douglas |year=2007 |title=A Timeless Classic |pages=17–19}} His own stamp designs include these for the United Kingdom's [General Post Office](/source/General_Post_Office): * Coronation (3 June 1953; 4d){{cite web|url=https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=411|title=Coronation (1953) : Collect GB Stamps|website=collectgbstamps.co.uk}} * Centenary of Post Office Savings Bank (28 August 1961; Growth of Savings; 3d and Thrift Plant; 1s6d){{cite web|url=https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=51|title=Centenary of Post Office Savings Bank (1961) : Collect GB Stamps|website=collectgbstamps.co.uk}} * European Postal and Telecommunications (CEPT) Conference (18 September 1961; C.E.P.T. Emblem; 2d){{cite web|url=https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=52|title=European Postal and Telecommunications (CEPT) Conference, Torquay (1961) : Collect GB Stamps|website=collectgbstamps.co.uk}} * Freedom from Hunger Campaign (21 March 1963){{cite web|url=https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=55|title=Freedom from Hunger Campaign (1963) : Collect GB Stamps|website=collectgbstamps.co.uk}} * National Nature Week (16 May 1963; Woodland Life; 4½d){{cite web|url=https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=57|title=National Nature Week (1963) : Collect GB Stamps|website=collectgbstamps.co.uk}} * Tenth International Botanical Congress, Edinburgh (5 August 1964; jointly with S. Goaman) * Sir Francis Chichester's World Voyage (24 July 1967; with S. Goaman){{cite web |title=The epic voyage of Sir Francis Chichester |url=https://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co8001250/the-epic-voyage-of-sir-francis-chichester-postage-stamp-first-day-cover |publisher=Science Museum |accessdate=1 February 2019}} * First Flight of Concorde (3 March 1969; Concorde in Flight; 4d.){{cite web|url=https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=94|title=First Flight of Concorde (1969) : Collect GB Stamps|website=collectgbstamps.co.uk}} He also designed stamps, often working with Sylvia, for forty or more other countries and territories, including [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria), [Saint Vincent](/source/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines), [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone),{{cite web |title=Michael Goaman |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/5417655/Michael-Goaman.html |work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |accessdate=1 February 2019 |date=31 May 2009}} the [British Antarctic Territory](/source/British_Antarctic_Territory),{{cite web |title=Delivery by Design |url=https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/exhibitions/stamps/ |publisher=[Scott Polar Research Institute](/source/Scott_Polar_Research_Institute) |accessdate=1 February 2019}} and [Herm](/source/Herm).{{cite web |title=Life Story of a Stamp Part 1 |url=http://www.hermstamps.co.uk/articles/lifestory1.htm |website=Herm Stamps |accessdate=1 February 2019}} == Recognition == Michael and Sylvia's work was the subject of a 1968 ''[Look at Life](/source/Look_at_Life_(film_series))'' cinema documentary. An exhibition of their work was held at the [Design Museum](/source/Design_Museum), London, in 1995. Following his death, obituaries were published in [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian), [The Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) and [The Times](/source/The_Times).{{cite news |title=Michael Goaman: stamp designer |url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/michael-goaman-stamp-designer-6m87hb3bdrr |work=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |access-date=1 February 2019 |date=13 June 2009}} A number of Goaman's original design drafts and preliminary sketches are held by [The Postal Museum](/source/Postal_Museum%2C_London) in London,{{cite web |title=Search results |url=http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/collections/search?s=Goaman&qa[keyword_reference_type]=0&qa[partner]=&qa[identifier]=&qa[date_from]=&qa[date_to]=&qa[title]=&qa[person]=&qa[place]=&qa[subject]=&qa[format]=&cbpt=0&cbav=2&cbadvsearchquery= |publisher=[The Postal Museum](/source/Postal_Museum%2C_London) }} and the [Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa](/source/Museum_of_New_Zealand_Te_Papa_Tongarewa).{{cite web |title=Collections Online |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/agent/47372 |publisher=[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa](/source/Museum_of_New_Zealand_Te_Papa_Tongarewa) |accessdate=1 February 2019}} == Publications == Goaman wrote magazine articles, including: * {{Cite magazine |magazine=Linn's Stamp Weekly |title=Special problems of designing British stamps |last1=Goaman |first1=Michael |author-mask=0 |date=Jan–Jun 1964}} == References == {{Reflist}} === Further reading === * ''[https://www.stanleygibbons.com/blog/1964-tenth-international-botanical-congress-edinburgh/ 1964 Tenth International Botanical Congress Edinburgh]'' – illustrated discussion of Goaman's working process, from [Stanley Gibbons](/source/Stanley_Gibbons) == External links == * [https://www.discogs.com/artist/5308211-Michael-Goaman Album sleeve designs by Goaman], at [Discogs](/source/Discogs) {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Goaman, Michael}} Category:1921 births Category:2009 deaths Category:British graphic designers Category:People from East Grinstead Category:People educated at Hereford Cathedral School Category:People educated at Reading School Category:Royal Navy officers of World War II Category:Alumni of the University of Reading Category:Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design Category:20th-century British illustrators Category:British stamp designers Category:20th-century British male artists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Michael Goaman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goaman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goaman?action=history)). 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