Cayman Islands Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Postcode Postcode Type and Position

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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 K Y 1- 1 1 0 0

section code Ms. Jane Smith island code P.O. Box 802 Grand Cayman KY1-1100 CAYMAN ISLANDS ISO country code

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 Tel: (1 34) 59456875 14 Edward Street Fax: (1 34) 59456876 Grand Cayman KYI-1000 Email: [email protected] CAYMAN ISLANDS

Website www.caymanpost.gov.ky