Hi everybody, I'm a member of WikiProject Philately. Uploading images of Indian stamps are forbidden as per Indian Copyright of 1957 : Anonymous works, photographs, cinematographic works, sound recordings, *government works*, and works of corporate authorship or of international organizations *enter the public domain 60 years after the date on which they were first published, counted from the beginning of the following calendar year (ie. as of 2011, works published prior to 1 January 1951 are considered public domain).* See : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stamps_of_India Only stamps till 1950 have been added though we could now add the stamps published in 1951. These are : Commemoratives * 2 anna Geological Survey of India * 2 anna First Asian Games * 12 anna First Asian Games Definitives * 2 and 1/2 anna Bodhgaya Temple * 4 anna Lingaraja temple So it is completely incorrect to add any images of Indian stamps printed later than 1951 to Commons. Fair use rationale is not applicable under Indian law to the best of my knowledge, anyway with that it cant be loaded to Commons only concerned Wikipedia. And unless the article is about that particular stamp, fair use rationale won't work. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------