Nepal
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Nepal stamps public domain?
No ruling on Nepal 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 Nepal
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Nepal stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Nepal, 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 2002
- 50 years after the designer’s death; 50 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
- Note
- The Government of Nepal holds copyright in its works, but no separate term for them is recorded.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.