Burkina Faso
Are Burkina Faso stamps public domain?
No rule specific to stamps; the general copyright law applies.
The terms: 70 years after the death of a named designer; 70 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
Copyright law in Burkina Faso
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Burkina Faso stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Burkina Faso, and how it reaches a general answer from it. A design answers Likely yes or Likely no only when every term that could apply agrees, and Unclear when they disagree.
- Government works
- Official legislative, administrative and court texts are free to use. Nothing extends this to stamp art.
- Named designer
- 70 years after the designer’s death
- Anonymous
- 70 years from issue
Historical issuers read under this law: Ivory Coast (French Colony), Niger (French Colony), Senegambia and Niger, Upper Senegal and Niger, Upper Volta, Upper Volta (French Colony).
Read from Wikimedia Commons, copyright rules for Burkina Faso, revision 1268217769, checked October 8, 2026