Serbia
Are Serbia stamps public domain?
No ruling on Serbia 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 Serbia
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Serbia stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Serbia, 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 2004
- 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
- Official materials of state bodies, state symbols and money are not protected. It is not settled whether this covers stamps.
Historical issuers read under this law: Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation), Baranya (Serbian Occupation), Croatia (Semi-Autonomous State), Hungary (Serbian Occupation), Serbia (Austrian Occupation), Serbia (German Occupation), Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues), Serbia and Montenegro, Temesvar (Serbian Occupation).