Searle, who originally contacted the BBC via BBC Your Voice, said she had not been able to sleep this week knowing the work might be lost.
But after her artwork was returned to her, she said she was “over the moon and absolutely delighted”.
“It seems as though they went out of London and went to Coventry because there was water damage to the label.”
The artist said the box was just sitting on her doorstep when she opened the door at lunchtime, and the postman was already walking away, seemingly unaware of the drama surrounding the parcel he had just delivered.
“I’ve looked in the box and they’re all fine,” she said. “I think I might have a little cry later,” she added.
