Unboxing World Stamps from Alena in Ontario

Join That Dad Guy in this unboxing video as he showcases the amazing stamps sent to him by the kind and generous Alena from Ontario. Prepare to be amazed by the variety and artistry of these stamps as he explores these thoughtful gifts. Don't miss this touching moment of connection and community on That Dad Guy's channel! Please Like, Subscribe and leave positive comments #Stamps #Gift #CommunityLove
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[@idamariegiusti3615]

Nice airmail stamps and vintage stamp album sheets.

[@thatdadguy1974]

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[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Rob, nice lot of stamps you got from Alena. I found that stamp from Cyprus with the different denominations and currencies very interesting. Thanks for showing us the stamps she gave to you!

[@thatdadguy1974]

@@GreatStampAdventure it has a very interesting story for sure

[@basilsylvesterpinto10]

Looks like our friend Steve has your question answered. I had mentioned about the same on my World Refugee Day post on IG not too long ago. Do have a look.

[@thatdadguy1974]

@@basilsylvesterpinto10 good to be well informed

[@stephenogier7499]

Hi Rob, nice selection of stamps. A few notes on the Cypriot stamps. Please note that the name Cyprus appears on all recent stamps in the three official languages of Cyprus: Greek, Turkish and English. The reason will hopefully be understood as you read on:
05:41 These are Cypriot Refugee Welfare Tax stamps. I was putting something together about these for you, but I'll give you some info here. For many years the population of Cyprus was a mix of ethnic Greeks and ethnic Turks, who migrated there dure the period of Cyprus's inclusion in the Ottoman Empire. Just prior to the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Britain took administrative control of the island. In consequent years there was a movement for Cyprus to become a part of Greece. This was rejected by the Turkish Cypriot population, but the movement continued after Independence in 1960, eventually leading to tensions and clashes between the two communities until the island was partitioned into Turkish Northern Cyprus and Greek Southern Cyprus in 1974. The partitioning led to many ethnic Greeks fleeing south while ethnic Turks moved north. Since that time it has been mandatory to put these refugee tax stamps on all mail in the Greek part of Cyprus.
The first such stamp was created by overprinting a definitive stamp and a little later a stamp with a mother and child was produced. Several years later, the iconic image that is on most of these stamps was produced. Later on, as stocks of these ran out new versions were made with the same design, but with different coloured backgrounds. So, the 1974 that is on all of these stamps refers to the year of partition. To find which year the stamps were issued, you need to look at the date in the lower right-hand corner of the stamps. Currently new tax stamps are released every year.
Money raised by the use of these stamps goes toward housing for refugees for the north, education for the children of refugees, etc. So despite the fact that the partitioning occurred 50 years ago, these stamps still have to be attached to all mail (letters, postcards, parcels, etc.) posted in Cyprus. Originally the stamps cost 1 Cypriot cent (there were 100 cents to the Cypriot Pound, worth more than the British pound!). When the Euro was introduced, this became 2 Euro cents.
06:15 The 10m stamp was the original value with this design. At the time there were 1000 mils to the Cyprus Pound. This later changed to the aforementioned 100 cents to the pound, so the 10m and 1c were equivalent in value and again this is roughly equivalent to 2 Euro cents.

[@thatdadguy1974]

@@stephenogier7499 very good history on these stamps thank you.

[@Robertbrown08049]

Very interesting and informative!