Niger
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Niger stamps public domain?
No ruling on Niger 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 Niger
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Niger stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Niger, 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 2010
- 50 years after the designer’s death; 50 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
- Older stamps
- A stamp already in the public domain stayed there when the term was extended.
- Note
- Before 1993 the French 1957 law applied, and its terms are not recorded. Some government works are exempt, but which ones is not recorded.
Historical issuers read under this law: Niger (French Colony), Senegambia and Niger, Upper Senegal and Niger.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.