Template:Stamp rationale

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[edit] Licensing

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

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

[edit] Fair use image data

Non-free image data
Description

{{{1}}}.
Source

{{{3}}}
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 - WARNING: {{{2}}} DOES NOT EXIST
Check capitalization and enter only the exact name (title) of a single article with no additional formating. It is also possible the indicated article was deleted.
Article

[[{{{2}}}]]
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.


[edit] Syntax

(copy this to your image page)

{{ subst:Stamp rationale | Stamp description goes here | Article name goes here | source website or "scanned by" goes here }}

OR

{{ subst:Stamp rationale | Stamp description goes here | Article name goes here | source website or "scanned by" goes here | postal authority goes here }}