This work is not an object of copyright
according to the Law of the
Belarus
No. 370-XIII of May 16, 1996 on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights.
Article 8.
Works that are not Objects of Copyright
Shall not be objects of copyright:
formal documents (laws, judgements, other texts of legal, administrative and judicial nature), and also their official translations;
state symbols and signs (flag, coat of arms, anthem, awards, banknotes and other signs
[1]
);
works of folk arts, authors of which are not known.
Copyright does not cover ideas, processes, systems, methods of operation, concepts, principles, discoveries or simply information as such, even if they are expressed, reflected, explained or embodied in the work.
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Postage stamps are state signs according to the Article 1 of the
Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 258-З of December 15, 2003 on Mail Service
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ru
) почтовая марка – государственный знак почтовой оплаты, отпечатанный на бумаге и имеющий художественное изображение, а также надписи «БЕЛАРУСЬ», «BELARUS», год выпуска (арабскими цифрами) и номинальную стоимость (арабскими цифрами). Допускается литерное обозначение номинальной стоимости почтовой марки;
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Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
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