Image:Stamp UK 1983 28p Xmas.jpg

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Copyrighted This image is of a postage stamp. The copyright for it may be owned by the issuing authority, and there may be other restrictions on its reproduction. It is believed that the use of postage stamps

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[edit] Fair use image data

Non-free image data
Description

UK 28p Christmas stamp of 1983 .
Source

scanned by User:Stan Shebs
Portion used

Entire stamp.
Low resolution?

Sufficient resolution for illustration, but considerably lower resolution than original.
Other information Intellectual property owned by the issuing postal authority.

[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free image rationale for Christmas stamp
Article

Christmas stamp
Purpose of use

Used for purposes of illustration in an educational article about the entity represented by the image.
Replaceable?

Protected by copyright, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.
There is no possible commercial disadvantage to the copyright holder by using this image of a stamp in a Wikipedia article because the stamp's value is in the physical stamp, not the design.

File history

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current05:28, 5 December 2004700×525 (99 KB)Stan Shebs (Talk | contribs) (UK 28p Christmas stamp of 1983, scanned by User:Stan Shebs {{GFDL}})

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