Luxembourg
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Luxembourg stamps public domain?
No ruling on Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Luxembourg stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Luxembourg, 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 1997
- 50 years after the designer’s death; 50 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
- Older stamps
- A stamp whose protection had already run out was protected again when the term was extended.
- Note
- The 1997 extension applied to older works, but anyone already using a work that was public domain before July 1, 1995 may keep using it.
Historical issuers read under this law: Luxembourg (German Occupation).
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.