Solomon Islands
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Solomon Islands stamps public domain?
No ruling on Solomon Islands 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; 50 years from issue for an anonymous stamp; 50 years from issue as a work of the state.
Copyright law in the Solomon Islands
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Solomon Islands stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of the Solomon Islands, 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
- Anonymous
- 50 years from issue
- Work of the state
- 50 years from issue
- Note
- For government artistic works other than engravings and photographs, the 50 years run from when the work is made, not from issue.
Historical issuers read under this law: British Solomon Islands.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.