Ghana
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Ghana stamps public domain?
No ruling on Ghana 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 Ghana
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Ghana stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Ghana, 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 1985
- 20 years from issue for a work of the state.
- Before 2005
- 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
- Work owned by a public corporation or other organization gets 70 years from making or publication (50 under the 1985 law). The 1961 law gave life or 25 years after publication, whichever was longer.
Historical issuers read under this law: German Togo, Gold Coast, Togo (Anglo - French Occupation).
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.