Zimbabwe
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Zimbabwe stamps public domain?
No ruling on Zimbabwe 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 as a work of the state.
Copyright law in Zimbabwe
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Zimbabwe stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Zimbabwe, 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
- Work of the state
- 50 years from issue
- Note
- The law sets an anonymous term only for literary works other than government works. It is not settled whether 50 years from publication covers an uncredited stamp.
Historical issuers read under this law: British South Africa Company, Rhodesia, Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues), Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Southern Rhodesia.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.