Commons:Stamps/Africa
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
COM:Algeria
Algeria
No information available
COM:Angola
Angola
No information available
No information available
COM:Botswana
Botswana
No information available
COM:Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
No information available
COM:Burundi
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
COM:Cameroon
Cameroon
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Cameroon
COM:Cape Verde
Cape Verde
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Cape Verde
COM:Central African Republic
Central African Republic
No information available
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Chad
COM:Comoros
Comoros
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Comoros
COM:Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
No information available
COM:Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
No information available
COM:Djibouti
Djibouti
No information available
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Egypt
COM:Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Equatorial Guinea
COM:Eritrea
Eritrea
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Eritrea
COM:Eswatini
Eswatini
No information available
COM:Ethiopia
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
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Gabon
COM:Gambia
The Gambia
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Gambia
No information available
COM:Guinea
Guinea
No information available
COM:Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Guinea-Bissau
COM:Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Côte d'Ivoire
. 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
COM:Lesotho
Lesotho
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Lesotho
COM:Liberia
Liberia
No information available
No information available
COM:Madagascar
Madagascar
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Madagascar
COM:Malawi
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
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Mali
COM:Mauritania
Mauritania
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Mauritania
COM:Mauritius
Mauritius
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Mauritius
COM:Morocco
Morocco
No information available
COM:Mozambique
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
COM:Namibia
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
No information available
COM:Nigeria
Nigeria
No information available
COM:Rwanda
Rwanda
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Rwanda
COM:São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of São Tomé and Príncipe
COM:Senegal
Senegal
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Senegal
COM:Seychelles
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.
COM:Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Sierra Leone
COM:Somalia
Somalia
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Somalia
COM:South Africa
South Africa
South African stamps older than 50 years (published before 1 January 1974) are in the public domain, use {{PD-SAGov}}
See also: Category:Stamps of South Africa
COM:South Sudan
South Sudan
No information available
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Sudan
COM:Tanzania
Tanzania
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Tanzania
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Togo
COM:Tunisia
Tunisia
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Tunisia
COM:Uganda
Uganda
No information available
COM:Zambia
Zambia
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Zambia
COM:Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Zimbabwe
Limited recognition
COM:Ambazonia
Ambazonia
No information available
COM:Azawad
Azawad
No information available
COM:Puntland
Puntland
No information available
COM:Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
No information available
COM:Somaliland
Somaliland
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Somaliland
Other areas
COM:Bir Tawil
Bir Tawil
No information available
COM:Canary Islands
Canary Islands
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Spain#Stamps
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Spain#Stamps
COM:Madeira
Madeira
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Portugal#Stamps
See also: Category:Stamps of Madeira
COM:Mayotte
Mayotte
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#Stamps
See also: Category:Stamps of Mayotte
COM:Melilla
Melilla
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Spain#Stamps
COM:Réunion
Réunion
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#Stamps
COM:Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
No information available
COM:Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#Stamps
COM:Western Sahara
Western Sahara
No information available
partly located in Africa
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