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[edit] Summary

U.S. John Steinbeck 15 cent postage stamp, 1979. First in the series of the Postal Service’s Literary Arts series.

[edit] Fair Use

Non-free / fair use media rationale for John Steinbeck
Description	U.S. John Steinbeck 15 cent postage stamp, 1979. First in the series of the Postal Service’s Literary Arts series.
Source	scan of actual stamp
Article	John Steinbeck
Portion used	no
Low resolution?	yes, it's not possible to reproduce the original stamp with enough fidelity to make it look legit
Purpose of use	illustrating the stamp described on the sentence "In 1979, the United States Postal Service issued a stamp featuring Steinbeck, starting the Postal Service’s Literary Arts series honoring American writers.[25]"
Replaceable?	no free use replacement

[edit] Licensing

This image is of a United States postage stamp produced in 1978 or later. The copyright for it is owned by the United States Postal Service. It is believed that the use of postage stamps

to illustrate the stamp in question (as opposed to things appearing in the stamp's design)
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

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

Usage that does not fall under fair use requires a license from the USPS. This includes usage of the stamp's artwork to illustrate its subject, rather than the stamp itself.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale as described on Wikipedia:Image description page.