An aqueous coating composition comprising an autoxidisable urethanised polyesteramide resin, which comprises < 5wt% of trimellitic acid and/or trimellitic anhydride, said resin being crosslinkable by oxidation occurring in the presence of air and wherein the autoxidisable urethanised polyesteramide resin is obtained from components comprising: i) 10 to 45 wt% of a cyclic anhydride; ii) 33 to 65 wt% of fatty acid residues having an iodine value between 80 and 155 g I 2 /100 g fatty acid, wherein the fatty acid residues contain less than 10 wt% of fatty acid residues that contain 3 or more double bonds; the fatty acid residue content of the autoxidisable urethanised polyesteramide resin being determined by using the weight of the fatty acid reactant including the ester group formed by the terminal acid group of the fatty acid molecule; iii) 10 to 35 wt% of a hydroxyl functional amine; and iv) 0.5 to 7 wt% of a polyisocyanate; wherein i) + ii) + iii) + iv) = 100 %; and wherein said autoxidisable urethanised polyesteramide resin having: i) a Tg, as measured in the test method described in the description, in the range of from -60 °C to +35 °C; ii) an acid value greater than 15 mg KOH/g and less than 75 mg KOH/g; iii) a Mw (weight average molecular weight measured by GPC with polystyrene standards in the test method as described herein) in the range of from 2,500 to 100,000 g/mol; and iv) an ND x AV value in the range of from 22 to 65 mgKOH/g; where ND denotes the neutralization degree of the acid groups on the polymer and is defined as the level of neutralizing agent present in the resin sufficient to neutralize the given percent of the acid groups (for example where 80% neutralisation is denoted by an ND of 0.8); and AV denotes acid value in mg KOH / g said composition having: a) a co-solvent content ≤ 15 wt% by weight of total composition; b) a solids content > 30 wt%; and said composition when in the form of the film having a telegraphing value of less than 20 gloss units; where the telegraphing value, measured as described in the Telegraphing test method described in the description, is the difference between an initial smooth gloss value minus an initial rough gloss value of the film where the initial smooth gloss value is the gloss when the film is cast on smooth PVC (R z = 1 μm [±0.25μm]); the initial rough gloss value is the gloss when the film is cast on rough PVC (R z = 25 μm [±5|jm]);and where each film has a dry film thickness of 52 μm [± 6 μm]; and each initial gloss value is measured at a 20° angle, one day (24 h) after the film has been cast. i) 10 to 45 wt% of a cyclic anhydride; ii) 33 to 65 wt% of fatty acid residues having an iodine value between 80 and 155 g I 2 /100 g fatty acid, wherein the fatty acid residues contain less than 10 wt% of fatty acid residues that contain 3 or more double bonds; the fatty acid residue content of the autoxidisable urethanised polyesteramide resin being determined by using the weight of the fatty acid reactant including the ester group formed by the terminal acid group of the fatty acid molecule; iii) 10 to 35 wt% of a hydroxyl functional amine; and iv) 0.5 to 7 wt% of a polyisocyanate; wherein i) + ii) + iii) + iv) = 100 %; and wherein i) a Tg, as measured in the test method described in the description, in the range of from -60 °C to +35 °C; ii) an acid value greater than 15 mg KOH/g and less than 75 mg KOH/g; iii) a Mw (weight average molecular weight measured by GPC with polystyrene standards in the test method as described herein) in the range of from 2,500 to 100,000 g/mol; and iv) an ND x AV value in the range of from 22 to 65 mgKOH/g; where ND denotes the neutralization degree of the acid groups on the polymer and is defined as the level of neutralizing agent present in the resin sufficient to neutralize the given percent of the acid groups (for example where 80% neutralisation is denoted by an ND of 0.8); and a) a co-solvent content ≤ 15 wt% by weight of total composition; b) a solids content > 30 wt%; and