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FDC France 2025 "CHURCHILL Block Battle of Gallipoli, Dardanelles 1915" No. 1-27 copies (CENT25-CH1)

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No. CENT25-CH1: Maxi-FDC “Gallipoli - 110th Anniversary of the Battle of the Dardanelles (Gallipoli) 1915-2025 - Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty”

- French postage: €2.10 souvenir block “Winston Churchill 1874-1965 - Dardanelles 1915”
- Paris cancellation: “First Day of Issue Winston Churchill” October 17, 2025
- On the reverse: Memorandum from Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Admiral Lord Fischer (1915) with French translation.
- Collector's Edition
- Limited edition of only 27 numbered envelopes (Maxi-FDC kraft)
- Comes with a card describing the Memorandum from Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Admiral Lord Fisher (1915) in the original English.
- Rare

Souvenir Block from the French Post Office (Philaposte© 2025) reproducing Winston Churchill's Memorandum to Admiral Lord Fisher, April 8, 1915

During the early months of the First World War, Churchill led the naval war with vigor, but he was soon frustrated by the stalemate on the Western Front. In 1915, he sent an expedition to attack Turkey, an ally of Germany, through the Dardanelles. Disappointed by the Navy's indecisiveness, Churchill wrote this memorandum, quoting Shakespeare and Napoleon, in a futile attempt to persuade Admiral Lord "Jacky" Fisher to take command of the nation.

A philatelic envelope, designed by Historiaphil© (Philatelic Kiosk of the European Parliament, Strasbourg, France), commemorates key moments in our history. It was created in keeping with the collection of philatelic envelopes that, since 1949, have documented the history of Europe and its institutions.

CENT25-CH1
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01/10/2025

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