Malta
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Malta stamps public domain?
No ruling on Malta 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; 70 years from issue as a work of the state.
Copyright law in Malta
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Malta stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Malta, 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
- Work of the state
- 70 years from issue
- Before 1970
- 50 years after the designer’s death; 25 years from issue for a work of the state.
- Before 2000
- 25 years after the designer’s death; 25 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
- Under the 1911 law, government work was protected 25 years from creation. The 2004 revival restored only works still protected in an EEA country on May 1, 2004.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.