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Surprise, surprise - the 1862 over 1 has finally turned up at the buyer's house, over four and a half months late !

This beauty flew across on my way down the lane to the workshop. I pulled out a cheap Lumix, 12x zoom, and click.....I'm really pleased - normally all I get is a tiny fuzzy speck.... Sparrowhawks are astonishingly beautiful up close- so many shades from cream to dark brown, particularly the wing covers. If you had to do a Painting by Numbers of this you would have a hundred pots of paint!

I doubt that was a common saying Paddy ...........I have just spent 5 minutes trying to read it out loud and given up 😂

I really wouldn’t be too worried even if the RM quite correctly demand the compensation back. The purchaser accepted the re-fund, so title has reverted to you even if he is now in possession. If he wishes to keep it, he has to pay you again. Otherwise he can send the coin back to you. A small claims court would find in your favour, though I’m sure it won’t go that far. I would simply ask him politely which option he would prefer. The purchaser can hardly deny receipt, the RM could not request return of compensation without evidence of delivery, or at least collection by his representative. Jerry

I doubt he would have any choice in law. The only other potential owner to you is Royal Mail, but they are much more likely to want their money back. When my 1858 large rose small date disappeared in the post, I made a point of not accepting a refund on that basis- I wanted to retain title in case it does eventually appear, though that is not to say that the actual acquisition in that circumstance would be straightforward. Much more so in your case, providing you still have his name and address. I would gently suggest he pays for it now, if he wants it, though not unreasonable to wait for the right moment. The matter of the RM compensation is nothing to do with him. Jerry

I think I would have chosen a different Ebay userid than "fakingit-fun"!

I just got lucky, chaps. Also, I've been waiting a very long time. It was expensive, but still a very fair price for something as good. They are astoundingly difficult to locate in high grade, especially as high grade as this specimen. Don't think I'll need to upgrade anytime soon.

Wow....I paid what I think is a lot for a nice EF one a few years ago, but mine looks like it was sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters compared to your one!

The question is, who owns an item resurfacing after it has been "lost" in the post and full compensation has already been paid to the owner? If I have to guess, then I would say it then belongs to the Royal Mail, but I can be wrong. I am not certain if the original owner still have any right after that.

I hope you manage to get the situation resolved. I'm very pleased to say there's a happy ending to my saga. I suddenly noticed through the frosted glass of my inner door, something lying on my porch floor, opened the door and there it was. Attached to it was a post it note saying "delivered to wrong address". Presumably just pushed through their door, possibly without even knocking. Considering they should take great care with tracked delivery items, this was just careless and slipshod. In the end I was reliant on the honesty and goodwill of a neighbour.