Croatia
Are Croatia stamps public domain?
No ruling on Croatia stamps specifically has been found, so the archive reads them under the country’s general copyright law.
The terms: 70 years after the death of a named designer; 70 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
Copyright law in Croatia
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Croatia stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Croatia, 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.
- Named designer
- 70 years after the designer’s death
- Anonymous
- 70 years from issue
- Before 1999
- 50 years after the designer’s death; 50 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
- Older stamps
- A stamp already in the public domain stayed there when the term was extended.
- Note
- These terms may be out of date. A work whose term of 50 years after the author's death ended on or before July 27, 1999 stays public domain.
Historical issuers read under this law: Arbe, Baranya (Serbian Occupation), Croatia (Provincial Issues), Croatia (Semi-Autonomous State), Croatia (Yugoslav Regional Issue), Dalmatia (German Occupation), Dalmatia (Italian Occupation), Fiume (Free State), Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation), Fiume and Kupa Zone, Hungary (Serbian Occupation), Istria (Yugoslav Occupation), Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Croatia), Srpska Krajina (Croatia), Trieste (Yugoslav Military Government), Veglia, Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation), Venezia Giulia and Istria (AMG), Venezia Giulia and Istria (Yugoslav Military Government), Venezia Giulia and Istria (Yugoslav Occupation).