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This work is not an object of copyright according to the Civil Code of Turkmenistan of July 17, 1998. Article 1061. Works that are not Objects of Copyright:

a) formal documents (laws, judgments, other texts of administrative and legal nature), and also their official translations; b) state symbols and signs (flag, coat of arms, anthem, awards, banknotes and other signs); c) reports on events and facts, which have a purely informational character; d) works of folk arts.

Note: According to interstate and international compacts Turkmenistan is the legal successor of the Turkmen SSR, therefore this license tag is also applicable to official symbols and formal documents of the Turkmen SSR.

Replacing images by Chris 22:34, 5 August 2006 (UTC) as fair use, as per discussion, the article specifically deals with the fact that the topic is tied directly and crucially with a stamp. Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107, excerpted here: "the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. (highlighted sections emphasized by Chris 22:34, 5 August 2006 (UTC))

On seven national en:Scouting articles-five in Africa which the Scouting WikiProject had to save from afd earlier this year, plus Lithuania and Turkmenistan, the stamps don't illustrate the subject, they prove the existence of the subject, and so are an integral and structural part of the article. They provide a visual record where no other exists at present. There has to be some way fair use and article content can both be satisfied.