Commons:Sealing wax Commons:Sealing wax Public domain
This file is a scan, or a faithful photographic reproduction, of a wax seal of which its design is otherwise not restricted by copyright. This is a photocopy of a wax seal produced using an entirely mechanical method with no creative input.
Please only use this template if the following conditions are met:
The file is a mere mechanical reproduction of the wax seal and not a handmade illustration.
The design of the wax seal itself is not copyrighted, please see Commons:Currency for its copyright status.
The scan has not been sufficiently altered to generate new copyright, such as by colouring it in using intricate graphic designs.
Please include a license tag for the original design of the wax seal from its country of origin; and if its country of origin is not the United States then:
You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Honduras has a general copyright term of 75 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II (more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions (more information).
You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
