Gabon
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Gabon stamps public domain?
No ruling on Gabon 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 Gabon
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Gabon stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Gabon, 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
- Using a public domain work still requires paid permission from ANPAC (a paying public domain). A collective work belongs to the person under whose name it is published.
Historical issuers read under this law: French Congo, French Equatorial Africa (AEF), Kamerun.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.