Chile
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Chile 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 Chile
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Chile stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Chile, 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
- The law does not say government works are public domain. One reading of its history frees published state documents; stamps are not addressed.
- Named designer
- 70 years after the designer’s death
- Anonymous
- 70 years from issue
- Note
- Earlier terms of 30 and 50 years were extended without reviving works already free. When those terms applied is not recorded.
Historical issuers read under this law: Tierra del Fuego.
Read from Wikimedia Commons, copyright rules for Chile, revision 1269075992, checked October 8, 2026
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.