Slovakia
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Slovakia stamps public domain?
No ruling on Slovakia 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 Slovakia
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Slovakia stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Slovakia, 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
- State symbols are not protected. A work made for an employer and released without the author's name runs 70 years from release.
Historical issuers read under this law: Siberia (Czechoslovak Army), Slovakia (Autonomous State).
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.