postage stamps and postal history of Pakistan 

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Instance of	postage stamps and postal history by jurisdiction
Location	Pakistan
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Copyright ownership of stamps is maintained by the Government of Pakistan, as stamps in Pakistan are issued by Pakistan Post, which works under the Government of Pakistan. According to Pakistan's Copyright Ordinance, 1962, stamps can be classified as artistic:

• "artistic" work' means: ... a painting, a sculpture, a drawing (including a diagram, map, chart or plan), an engraving or a photograph, whether or not any such work possess artistic quality.^{[XXXIV/2000 Section 2(c.i)]}
• "Government work" means a work which is made or published by or under the direction or control of ... the Government or any department of the Government.^{[XXXIV/2000 Section 2(m)]}
• in the case of a Government work, Government shall, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, be the first owner of the copyright therein.^{[XXXIV/2000 Section 139(d)]}
• Copyright in a Government work shall, where Government is the first owner of the copyright therein, subsist until 50 years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published.^{[XXXIV/2000 Section 22(1)]}
  See also: Category:Stamps of PakistanCategory:Postage stamps by country#Pakistan

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