The timeline from order to door

The honest answer is that a Robert Strubin print shipping time depends on two stages, not one. Production comes first. A framed poster is printed, framed and packed in about 2 to 3 business days. A canvas edition takes slightly longer because the print is stretched by hand before it can be packed at all.

Shipping is the second stage, and it varies more than production does. Deliveries within Europe usually take 3 to 5 business days after dispatch. North American addresses typically sit between 5 and 8 business days. Australia and New Zealand run longest, often 8 to 12. If you are weighing formats before ordering, it helps to know how canvas and framed poster editions differ beyond timing.

Put the stages together and the full window is 7 to 12 business days for a framed piece, and 9 to 15 for canvas. Those are estimates rather than promises. Customs checks and local courier handovers can add a few days, which matters if the print is meant for a birthday or an anniversary with a fixed date.

Ordering against a hard deadline

For a gift with a date attached, work backwards from the event and add a buffer of at least three business days. A print ordered fourteen days before the occasion has enough room to absorb a customs delay. One ordered five days out does not, whatever the estimate says.

Regional differences are worth taking seriously. A Strubin edition travelling to an address in Germany or France will almost always beat the estimate. The same edition sent to Canada or the United States passes through customs, and that step is outside any print studio's control. Ordering earlier is the only reliable fix. If a deadline is genuinely tight, contact the support team before ordering rather than after.

The same logic applies to size and format choices made in a hurry. It is better to settle them before checkout than to reorder later, and the guidance on choosing a print size for a small room removes most of the guesswork.

Why these prints are not stocked

Every edition is printed after the order is placed. Nothing sits in a warehouse waiting, which is why the process starts with production rather than a parcel on a shelf. It also means each print leaves the studio fresh, without the fading or handling that comes from long storage.

That trade is worth understanding. A stocked poster could ship tomorrow, but it would be a generic object made for a general buyer. A made-to-order edition of Ice on the Oise River as a framed poster takes longer and arrives built to the size and frame actually chosen. Speed is the price; the fit is the return.

The same applies to canvas. The hand-stretching step in a Spring Frost canvas edition is the single biggest timing difference, and it is also the reason a stretched canvas arrives ready to hang rather than rolled. If the wait is the deciding factor, the framed format is the faster route.