Liberia
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Liberia stamps public domain?
No ruling on Liberia 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 Liberia
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Liberia stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Liberia, 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
- Before 1997
- 25 years after the designer’s death.
- Older stamps
- A stamp whose protection had already run out was protected again when the term was extended.
- Note
- Under the 1972 law, a work had to be registered to be protected. A separate term for government work is not confirmed.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.