Australia Post Centenary of Gallipoli

 

AUSTRALIA POST in 2015 issued a set of First  Day Cover stamps to mark the Centenary of Gallipoli campaign in WWI. The stamps represent the landing, the Victoria cross recipient, the Turkish counter-attack, August offensive and the evacuation.

 

The Gallipoli campaign was a costly failure for the Allies: 44,000 Allied soldiers died, including more than 8,700 Australians. Among the dead were 2,779 New Zealanders – about a sixth of those who fought on the peninsula. Victory came at a high price for the Ottoman Empire, which lost 87,000 men during the campaign.  

And it derailed the career of future British Prime Minster Winston Churchill. As Britain's powerful First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill masterminded the Gallipoli campaign and served as its chief public advocate. It was no surprise then that he ultimately took much of the blame for its failure.