page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of the Cayman Islands
section_title: First commemoratives
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of the Cayman Islands / First commemoratives
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Timbre 156 Cayman.
context_page_description: The Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory located in the western Caribbean Sea, came under British control in 1670, as a dependency of Jamaica, continuing in that status until 1962.
context_section_description: The Caymans' first commemorative stamps came in 1932, marking the centenary of the "Assembly of Justices and Vestry", now the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands.  The set of 12 all had the same design, consisting of profiles of George V and William IV facing each other, with palm trees in between.
  The first pictorial series dates from 1935, and consisted of a set of 12 with five different designs.  The pictorial series of 1938 also had five designs, with similar themes as those in 1935 but otherwise completely different.  A 1950 pictorial set featured an older George VI and all different designs for its 13 stamps; these were reused in 1953 when Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne, and two new designs added, for 4d and 1-pound denominations.
  A set of two stamps issued 4 July 1959 marked the Caymans' new constitution, and on 28 November 1962 a new definitive series came out.
caption: 1959 stamp commemorating Caymans' new constitution.
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