Nigeria
Are Nigeria stamps public domain?
No ruling on Nigeria 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 Nigeria
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Nigeria stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Nigeria, 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
- Note
- These terms come from the 1988 Act, which the 2022 Act repealed. The 2022 Act's terms are not recorded.
Historical issuers read under this law: Biafra, Cameroons (British Occupation), Kamerun, Lagos, Niger Coast Protectorate, Northern Nigeria, Oil Rivers Protectorate, Southern Nigeria.