Commons:Stamps/Africa

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This page gives overviews of copyright rules for stamps in different countries or territories of Africa. It is "transcluded" from individual page sections giving the rules for each country or territory.

Countries of Africa[edit]

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Algeria

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Angola

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Benin

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Botswana

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Burkina Faso

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Burundi

Stamps are not included among the types of work for which copyright does not apply.^{[Act 1/021 2005 Article 7]}

If the author is known, a stamp would be protected for life + 50 years.^{[Act 1/021 2005 Article 58]} Otherwise, as an anonymous or collective work it would be protected for publication + 50 years.^{[Act 1/021 2005 Article 60–61]}
See also: Category:Stamps of Burundi

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Cameroon

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See also: Category:Stamps of Cameroon

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Cape Verde

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See also: Category:Stamps of Cape Verde

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Central African Republic

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Chad

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See also: Category:Stamps of Chad

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Comoros

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See also: Category:Stamps of Comoros

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Republic of the Congo

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Djibouti

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Egypt

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See also: Category:Stamps of Egypt

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Equatorial Guinea

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See also: Category:Stamps of Equatorial Guinea

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Eritrea

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See also: Category:Stamps of Eritrea

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Eswatini

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Ethiopia

. There are no specific laws on the copyright status of stamps. Ethiopian stamps are in the public domain 50 years after the date of issue, per the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Proclamation No. 410/2004, which states that "Economic rights shall belong to the author during his lifetime and to the heirs or legatees for fifty years from the date of death of the author" (Art. 20) and "The economic rights relating to an audiovisual work shall be protected for fifty years beginning from the date of making of the work or communication of the work to the public, which ever date is the latest."
See also: Category:Stamps of Ethiopia

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Gabon

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See also: Category:Stamps of Gabon

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The Gambia

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See also: Category:Stamps of Gambia

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Ghana

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Guinea

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Guinea-Bissau

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See also: Category:Stamps of Guinea-Bissau

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Ivory Coast

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See also: Category:Stamps of Côte d'Ivoire

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Kenya

. The Copyright Act 1966 states that "any work eligible for copyright which has been created pursuant to a commission from the Government" is copyrighted "until the end of the expiration of fifty years from the end of the year in which it was first published" [1]. For stamps published more than 50 years ago (before 1 January 1974) use {{PD-Kenya|1}}.

(if prior to December 1965) per {{PD-UKGov}}
See also: Category:Stamps of Kenya

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Lesotho

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See also: Category:Stamps of Lesotho

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Liberia

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Libya

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Madagascar

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See also: Category:Stamps of Madagascar

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Malawi

Under Malawi's Copyright Act, 2016, the copyright term for works by the government is 50 years from the date of first publication and for works by individual authors is life of the author plus fifty years.^{[26/2016 Section 35(1a),(1e)]} Since the first stamps of Malawi were issued on 6 July 1964, the earliest any stamp of Malawi was PD in 2015 (and even then only if the artwork depicted on the stamp is a government work).
See also: Category:Stamps of Malawi

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Mali

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See also: Category:Stamps of Mali

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Mauritania

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See also: Category:Stamps of Mauritania

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Mauritius

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See also: Category:Stamps of Mauritius

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Morocco

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Mozambique

Mozambique copyright law instituted in 2001 states that copyright subsists for 70 years following completion for "works of applied art" which appears to cover stamps.
See also: Category:Stamps of Mozambique

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Namibia

According to the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994, copyright of government-produced work is held by the state, and lasts for a period of 50 years after publication ^{[6/1994 Section 6(5)]}. The Namibian post was originally a department of the government's Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication, and became Namibia Post Ltd, or NamPost, in 1992. Before its independence in 12 June 1968 {{PD-SAGov}} may apply.
See also: Category:Stamps of Namibia

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Niger

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Nigeria

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Rwanda

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See also: Category:Stamps of Rwanda

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São Tomé and Príncipe

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See also: Category:Stamps of São Tomé and Príncipe

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Senegal

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See also: Category:Stamps of Senegal

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Seychelles

Before June 1976

use {{PD-UKGov}} Seychelles was a British colony until June 1976; its stamps of the colonial era are covered by the "Crown Copyright", which expires after 50 years and puts the stamps in the public domain (see Crown copyright and {{PD-UKGov}}).

Before 1999

use {{PD-Seychelles}}.

After 1999

Postage stamps first published 25 years ago or later are not in the public domain, and should not be uploaded.

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Limited recognition[edit]

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Other areas[edit]

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partly located in Africa[edit]

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