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Description This is a photograph of the stamp that the United States Postal Service issued in 2012 to commemorate Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks.
Author or
copyright owner
William Noel
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: Smithsonian Institute National Postal Museum

Immediate source: https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_2012.2025.275

Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Gwendolyn Brooks
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
I would have to buy a stamp (via ebay, perhaps), and then photograph it, myself. (I may do this in the near future).
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) It will only be used in the subject's biographical article.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The original item depicted is a product of a United States government service institution, and the image, itself, is owned by a museum that provides free access at-large to the general public, so there is no conflict of interest in the usage of this file within this particular instance of "fair use" with respect to either party. Moreover, although not released under any Creative Commons license, the image owner does state that the image may be used for educational uses within "fair use" doctrine, as per the image owner's "Terms of Use" section 2b ( https://www.si.edu/Termsofuse ), provided that proper accreditation is made.
Other information The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 2000
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Gwendolyn Brooks//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gwendolyn_Brooks_USPS_postage_stamp.jpgtrue

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current00:08, 26 February 2021Thumbnail for version as of 00:08, 26 February 2021280 × 356 (110 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
18:28, 25 February 2021No thumbnail300 × 382 (96 KB)QuakerIlK (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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