• Padstow May Day concertina letter folded to A5 in an airmail envelope, showing watercolour illustrations and typewritten text
  • Original watercolour illustration of the Red Obby Oss walking down a cobbled Padstow street with colourful flags
  • Ella's Adventures airmail envelope with decorative border, ready to post
  • Padstow May Day concertina letter open alongside its airmail envelope, showing interior watercolour illustrations
  • Reverse of the Padstow May Day concertina letter showing typewritten text and watercolour illustrations on white card
  • unFolded a5 8 Page Letter home about Padstow with text, watercolour map, and illustrations on a white background
  • Blue Oss illustration dancing
  • red Obby Oss dancing in the cobbled streets of Padstow with flags overhead
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Padstow Obby Oss Letter

Padstow Obby Oss Letter
£22.00 GBP
£22.00 GBP
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Every year on the first of May, Padstow stops. The Obby Oss takes to the streets, the town fills with ribbon, music and song, and one of England's oldest May Day traditions plays out in a harbour town that has been doing this, in some form, for centuries.

This is not a standard poster. It is an A5 concertina letter: eight pages of original watercolour and ink illustration that fold out to tell the full story of Padstow and the Obby Oss, from the harbour to the teaser, from the Blue Oss to the Red. Ella walks you through it all in her own voice, with the kind of detail that does not make it onto the information boards.

Folded to A5 for the envelope, it opens flat to a continuous illustrated panorama. Substantial enough to frame. Good enough to keep. Printed on 300gsm smooth matt white card, illustrated and printed in the UK.

Flat size: 210mm x 592mm. Folded size: A5. 8 pages. Sent in an airmail envelope.

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Dimensions & Details

Product Dimensions:
A5 : 148mm x 210mm
A4 : 210mm x 297mm
A3 : 297mm x 420mm
A2 : 420mm x 594mm
A1 : 594mm x 841mm

Material & Weight: 210gsm heavy poster paper.

Print: Full colour, High-resolution sharp 1440dpi print. Waterproof eco solvent ink

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Delivery: Estimated delivery 5–7 business days within the UK.

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