Eswatini
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Eswatini stamps public domain?
No ruling on Eswatini stamps specifically has been found, so the archive reads them under the country’s general copyright law.
The terms: 50 years after the death of a named designer; 50 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
Copyright law in Eswatini
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Eswatini stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Eswatini, 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
- 50 years after the designer’s death
- Anonymous
- 50 years from issue
- Note
- A 2018 act replaced the British-era 1912 act, whose terms are not recorded, and is said not to be retroactive. The anonymous term is stated only for literary works.
Historical issuers read under this law: Swaziland (Provisional Government).
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.