Timor-Leste
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Timor-Leste stamps public domain?
No ruling on Timor-Leste 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.
Copyright law in Timor-Leste
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Timor-Leste stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Timor-Leste, 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
- Before 2023
- 50 years after the designer’s death.
- Note
- Government works published before May 28, 2023 are public domain. Indonesia's 1982 law is assumed to have applied before that.
Historical issuers read under this law: Portuguese Timor, Timor, Timor Lorosae (UNTAET).
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.