Lebanon
Are Lebanon stamps public domain?
No ruling on Lebanon 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 Lebanon
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Lebanon stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Lebanon, 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 stamp issued in the name of an organization is protected 50 years from issue, the same term as under the 1924 law.
Historical issuers read under this law: Beirut (British Post Office), Beirut (French Post Office), Beirut (Russian Post Office), British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire, German post offices in the Turkish Empire, Greater Lebanon, Palestine (British Mandate), Postage of the Free French Forces in the Levant, Syria (French Occupation).