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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4794721, member: 110226&quot;]A few years ago a package from Spain was late in arrival.&nbsp; When it did arrive it was totally soaked to the point where the cardboard was turning into mush.&nbsp; The address was barely readable.</p><p><br /></p><p>I separated the soaked layers and at first found nothing, but then the coin did appear, out of its disintegrated envelope and stuck between some newspaper that was used as packing material.</p><p><br /></p><p>This package was shipped during some very wet weather back east, so I speculate that it was in a bag left out in the heavy rain.&nbsp; But, all things considered, the outcome was good and speaks well of the dedication of the USPS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Currently I have one letter, tracked overseas first class, that is way overdue (+ 2 months), but I am putting this down to the pandemic and the chaos that the USPS is in the midst of.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only case of mail theft that I experienced was about 15 years ago, when a coin and another package were delivered to our outside mailbox.&nbsp; The coin was sent Priority Mail, but no signature was required.&nbsp; Both items disappeared from the box. I filed a police report, and I suspected a neighbor&#039;s kid, but I had no proof, so I filed an eBay claim, and, surprise, was refunded the purchase price of the coin.&nbsp; I guess the police report helped my case.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I removed the outside mail box, and since then all mail is deposited directly into the house (actually part of converted garage).</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, I recently had one disconcerting experience when, stepping out onto the driveway, there was a package from Roma Numismatics, just sitting there in broad daylight.&nbsp; I guess the package was too large for the slot.&nbsp; My regular mail carrier leaves packages and boxes in my courtyard, so at least they are not visible from the street.&nbsp; I guess a substitute carrier was on the route that day and left the package under the mail slot without giving it much thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>On other thing about the pandemic.&nbsp; Package that normally require signature through the USPS are being delivered without signature, to reduce exposure of the carriers to the virus.&nbsp; This means that notices are not being left if no one is present to sign, as was the case prior to the pandemic, and packages, such as the one from Roma are left at the residence, as noted in the tracking, regardless of anyone not being at home at the time of the delivery.&nbsp; I am sure many of you know about this change and have had high value coins delivered by the USPS in this manner, since the outbreak of the pandemic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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