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• Grey - stamps enter the public domain after the author has been dead for a certain number of years (70 in Europe, depends on the country in Asia)
• Red - Stamps are in Public Domain
• Yellow - Copyright of stamps expires 50 years after publication
  • In the case of Ireland post-1984 stamps copyright is extended up by 70 years.
• Brown - Copyright of stamps expires a different number of years after publication (Iran 30 years, India 60 years)
• Green - Rule varies from country to country. Netherlands: Stamps are copyrighted, but the term differs depending on whether it was published before 1989 or not. Finland: Stamps published by the government (pre-1990 in Finland except Åland, presumably pre-2009 in Åland) are in the public domain. Stamps published by private companies such as Itella Oyj Abp and Posten Åland Ab are copyrighted and enter the public domain 70 years after the death of the author.

Licensing edit

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