Portugal
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Portugal stamps public domain?
No ruling on Portugal 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 Portugal
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Portugal stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Portugal, 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
- Note
- A stamp credited to an organization, or made as a collective work, is protected 70 years from issue.
Historical issuers read under this law: Angra, Azores (Portuguese Colonial Issues), Horta, Kionga, Ponta Delgada.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.