deleted character, forgot about bday gift

when i reinstalled GW yesterday, i made a new toon and i had to delete one of the ones i already had to make some room. later on when i logged onto my older toon to transfer some money, i noticed that theres a bday gift, and my other older toon had one too. so i assume that the one i deleted must have had one as well? any way i can "redeem" it?

Sadly - nope. Once deleted, Anet does not replace items.

Always check a characters inventory to make sure there's nothing like that in there before you delete.

That said, if it was a newer character, you probably didn't have a gift. Gifts come one year after the creation of a character, and are not account age based. In other words, one year from now your new toon will get a gift!