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    from all postal charges, with the                        roman letters or arabic numerals;
    exception of air surcharges.                           3.1.3 optionally, the word “ Postes”
Article 8                                                    (Postage) in roman or other letters.
Postage stamps                                       4 Emblems of State, official control marks
1 The term“postage stamp”shall be protected              and      logos    of     intergovernmental
  under the present Convention and shall be              organizations featuring on postage stamps

  reserved exclusively for stamps which                  shall be protected within the meaning of the

  comply with the conditions of this article             Paris Convention for the Protection of

  and of the Regulations.                                Industrial Property.

2 Postage stamps:                                    5 The subjects and designs of postage stamps

  2.1 shall be issued solely by a competent              shall:
                                                         5.1 be in keeping with the spirit of the
    issuing authority, in conformity with the
                                                           Preamble to the UPU Constitution and
    Acts of the UPU. The issue of stamps
                                                           with decisions taken by the Union’s
    shall also include putting them into
                                                           bodies;
    circulation;
                                                         5.2 be closely linked to the cultural identity
  2.2 shall be a manifestation of sovereignty
                                                           of the country to which the issuing postal
    and shall constitute;
                                                           administration is subject, or contribute to
    2.2.1 proof of prepayment of the postage
                                                           the dissemination of culture or to
      corresponding to their intrinsic value
                                                           maintaining peace;
      when affixed to postal items, in
                                                         5.3 have, when commemorating leading
      conformity with the Acts of the Union;
                                                           figures or events not native to the country
    2.2.2 a source of supplementary revenue
                                                           or territory to which the issuing postal
      for postal administrations, as philatelic
                                                           administration is subject, a close bearing
      items;
                                                           on the country or territory in question;
  2.3 must be in circulation, for postal
                                                         5.4 be devoid of political character or of
    prepayment or for philatelic purposes, in
                                                           any topic of an offensive nature in respect
    the territory of origin of the issuing postal
                                                           of a person or a country;
    administration.
                                                         5.5 be of major significance to the country
3 As a manifestation of sovereignty, postage               to which the issuing postal administration
  stamps shall comprise:                                   is subject or to that postal administration.
  3.1 the name of the member country or              6 Postage stamps may contain as the subject
    territory to which the issuing postal                of intellectual property rights:
    administration is subject, in roman                  6.1 an indication of the issuing postal
    letters;                                               administration’s entitlement to use the
    3.1.1 optionally, the official emblem of               intellectual property rights concerned,
      the member country to which the issuing              such as:
      postal administration is subject;                    6.1.1 copyright, by affixing the copyright
    3.1.2 in principle, their face value in                  sign , indicating ownership of the

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