Palestine
Are Palestine stamps public domain?
No ruling on Palestine 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.
Copyright law in Palestine
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Palestine stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Palestine, 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
- Note
- The situation is unclear. The 1924 ordinance (life plus 50) is assumed to still apply in Palestinian Authority areas, though life plus 70 is also given, and Israeli law may apply in areas Israel controls.
Historical issuers read under this law: Gaza (Egyptian Occupation), Gaza (Indian UN Force), German post offices in the Turkish Empire, Jerusalem (Italian Post Office), Jerusalem (Russian Post Office), Palestine (British Mandate), Palestine (Egyptian Occupation), Palestine (Jordanian Occupation), Palestinian National Authority.