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Summary
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English: British Empire postage stamp issued in 1859 (the so-called Mauritius Sherwin), and therefore in the public domain worldwide. Extremely rare. |
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| Source | Scan of an image in David Feldman SA, Mauritius Classic Postage Stamps and Postal History, Switzerland (1993), auction catalogue p. 119 |
| Author | Engraved by R. Sherwin from the 1848 plate model. |
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Since the stamp is public domain, the two dimensional image of it also has no copyright claim and is public domain. |
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.  You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
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| This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. | |
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This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.
This is because it is one of the following:
HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
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- 2008-04-22 02:39 Ecphora 1081×1243× (1689051 bytes) == Summary == This is a scan of an image of a postage stamp issued in 1859, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. The scan was taken from the image in David Feldman SA, ''Maurtius Classic Postage Stamps and Postal History,'' Switzerlan
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