Cayman Islands
Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Postcode
Postcode type and position
7 digits separated by a single hyphen to the right of the island’s name
Coding method
Address format
- In the Cayman Islands, mail is delivered via private letter boxes at post offices.
Ordinary mail that only includes a street address is undeliverable by the Cayman
Islands Postal Service. All addresses must be in English which is the official
language of the Cayman Islands.
- All lines of an address should be single spaced and formatted with a uniform left
margin
- The character fonts in the address must be no smaller than 10 points and no
larger than 12 points
- The official name of one of the three islands must be used in all addresses. The
word “island” doesn’t form part of the official name of any of the three islands
- The postcode is located on the same line as the name of the island, but is
separated from it by two spaces, no hyphens or commas
- The alpha aspect of the postcode (KY) must be printed in upper case
- The last line of the address block should always be the name of the country in
upper case (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
Islands names
These are the official islands names as mentioned in the above list:
- Grand Cayman (island code 1 after ISO code in postcode)
- Cayman Brac (island code 2 after ISO code in postcode)
- Little Cayman (island code 3 after ISO code in postcode)
Examples
Post Office Box Address
Mr. John James
addressee
Acme Engineering
Organization + company name
P.O. Box 802
post office box numbers in length from 1 to 5 digits
Grand Cayman KY1-1103
official island’s name + 2 spaces + postcode
CAYMAN ISLANDS
country
Poste Restante
Ms. Susan James
addressee
General Delivery
poste restant
Bodden Town Post Office
post office’s name
Grand Cayman KY1-1600
official island’s name + 2 spaces + postcode
CAYMAN ISLANDS
country
Contact
General Post Office
14 Edward Street
Grand Cayman KYI-1000
CAYMAN ISLANDS
Website
www.caymanpost.gov.ky
02/2019
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K Y 1- 1 1 0 0
section code
island code
Ms. Jane Smith
P.O. Box 802
Grand Cayman KY1-1100
CAYMAN ISLANDS
ISO country code
