Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
ISLAND across the top and two kings’ heads.
- 1ISLAND
- 24 AUR
- Inscription
- ISLAND · FRIMERKI · 4 AUR
- Meaning
- ISLAND (Ísland) is Icelandic for Iceland; aur (aurar) is the Icelandic hundredth of a króna.
- Issued by
- Iceland (under the Danish crown)
- Today
- Iceland
- Year
- 1907. Issued 1 June 1907.
- Made by
- Hans Tegner (design, died 1932); an unnamed engraver of the Reichsdruckerei, Berlin (frame engraving)
One fact
After King Christian IX died in 1906, Iceland’s new stamps showed him overlapping with his son Frederik VIII.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Designer died 1932; the frame engraver was never named, so that part counts as anonymous (70 years from 1907 publication). Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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