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The United States Copyright Office in section 313.6(C)(1) of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices has clarified that works of the U.S. Postal Service are not "works of the U.S. government".^[1] Works of the United States Post Office Department prior to the formation of the U.S. Postal Service are still considered government works and are in the public domain.

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Non-free media rationale for United_States_Postal_Service
Article	United_States_Postal_Service
Purpose of use	For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article. This image is a historic logo for the US Postal Service (which is not included as Government works for purpose of exemption from copyright). The logo shall be used for illustrative purposes only. The use of this logo on Wikipedia shall not interfere with the US Postal Service's commercial interests.
Replaceable?	No free use image available and a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

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2007-04-23T22:36:21Z Cydebot (Talk | contribs) (57 bytes) (Robot - Renaming non-free template "logo" per [[Wikipedia:Non-free content/templates]].)
2006-04-05T16:13:39Z Themadchopper (Talk | contribs) (logo)
2006-02-06T17:59:05Z Coffeeboy (Talk | contribs) (USPS logo)

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^ "Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, § 313.6(C)(1)" (PDF). United States Copyright Office. December 22, 2014. pp. 36–37. Retrieved December 22, 2014. Works prepared by officers or employees of the U.S. Postal Service... are not considered works of the U.S. Government

[1] "Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, § 313.6(C)(1)" (PDF). United States Copyright Office. December 22, 2014. pp. 36–37. Retrieved December 22, 2014. Works prepared by officers or employees of the U.S. Postal Service... are not considered works of the U.S. Government

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