Tuvalu
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Tuvalu stamps public domain?
No ruling on Tuvalu 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 Tuvalu
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Tuvalu stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Tuvalu, 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
- Tuvalu applies the UK Copyright Act 1956, under which the government term for artistic works runs from the year the work was made.
Historical issuers read under this law: Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.