An Act to permit black and white or color reproductions of U.S. and foreign postage stamps under certain circumstances, and for other purposes
PL 90-353 (H.R.15972), enacted 06/20/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-353-JUNE 20, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
Public Law 90-353 
June 20, 1968 
AN ACT 
[H.R. 15972] 
rp^) permit black and white or color reproductions of United States and foreign 
postage stamps under certain circumstances, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representathes 
of the 
U.S. and foreign United States of America in Congress assembled^ That paragraph (1) 
^°Repfoduc^tT(^ns. ^
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f sectioii 504 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as 
72 Stat. 1771. 
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olloWS : 
"(1) the printing, publishing, or importation, or the making 
or importation of the necessary plates for such printing or pub-
lishing, of illustrations of— 
" (A) postage stamps of the United States, 
"(B) revenue stamps of the United States, 
"(C) any other obligation or other security of the United 
States, and 
"(D) postage stamps, revenue stamps, notes, bonds, and 
any other obligation or other security of any foreign gov-
ernment, bank, or corporation, 
for philatelic, numismatic, educational, historical, or newsworthy 
purposes in articles, books, journals, newspapers, or albums (but 
not for advertising purposes, except illustrations of stamps and 
paper money in philatelic or numismatic advertising of legitimate 
numismatists and dealers in stamps or publishers of or dealers 
in philatelic or numismatic articles, books, journals, newspapers, 
or albums). Illustrations permitted by the foregoing provisions 
of this section shall be made in accordance with the following 
conditions— 
"(i) all illustrations shall be in black and white, except that 
illustrations of postage stamps issued by the United States or 
l>y any foreign government may be in color; 
"(ii) all illustrations (including illustrations of uncanceled 
postage stamps in color) shall be of a size less than three-fourths or 
more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of 
any matter so illustrated which is covered by subparagrah (A), 
(B), (C), or (D) of this paragraph, except that black and white 
illustrations of postage and revenue stamps issued by the United 
States or by any foreign government and colored illustrations of 
canceled postage stamps issued by the United States may be in the 
exact linear dimension in which the stamps were issued; and 
"(iii) the negatives and plates used in making the illustrations 
shall be destroyed after their final use in accordance with this sec-
tion.". 
SEC. 2. (a) The table of contents of chapter 31 of title 39, United 
74 Stat. 605. 
States Code, is amended by striking out— 
"2.506. Printing of black-and-white illustrations of United States stamps." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
•'2.506. Printing of black-and-white or color illustrations of United States stamps.". 
(b) The section heading of section 2506 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended to read— 
"§2506. Printing of black-and-white or color illustrations of 
United States stamps'* 
(c) Section 2506(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting "or in color" immediately following the words "in black and 
white". 
Approved June 20, 1968.