Books on the stamps, postal history, postal markings and the post office in the Cayman Islands. Philatelic books on the Cayman Islands for sale.
![]() | WEST INDIES West Indian civil censorship devices in World War II. Roses Caribbean handbook no. 2 (1977) 102 large pp, 1st ed., fine in card covers. Ltd. ed. of 250. | £15.00 |
![]() | PODGER D. James Cayman Islands: from Jamaica used in to Queen Elizabeth II R.P.S. (2018) 64pp/ 1st ed., fine in card covers. Notes to accompany a display. | £18.00 |
![]() | BURGES Ivan The History of the Cayman Islands Post Offices Cayman Free Press (2006) 64pp. 2nd ed., very fine in fine card covers. Ltd. ed. of 500 copies. Profusely illustrated in colour. | £12.00 |
![]() | 1946 (1 May) Cayman Islands formed by A.J. Watkin Robson Lowe Ltd 32pp. Clean in worn paper covers. | £24.00 |
![]() | 1974 (5 Nov) B.R. Cameron coll. of Jamaica also Br Honduras, Cayman Is. and Turks & Caicos Is. Robson Lowe 36pp + PR. | £6.00 |
![]() | HORRY David The Encyclopaedia of British West Indies Postmarks. King George VI Murray Payne Ltd (2007) 368 large pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Detailed fully illustrated listing of all known postmarks with useful rarity guide. Besides the Caribbean islands this work includes Bermuda, British Guiana and British Honduras. | £25.00 |
![]() | 2007 (24 Feb) Richard Maisel collection of Cayman Islands. Shreeves Philatelic Galleries 125pp + cd. | £12.00 |
![]() | 1992 (4 Jun) Cayman Islands. The John Byl collection. Christie's Robson Lowe 27pp. | £9.00 |
![]() | BURROWS Peter C. British Empire Civil Censorship Devices. World War II. British West Indies and Falkland Islands. - Section 6 C.C.S.G. (2016) 250 large pp (approx.) Revised ed., new in spiral ring binding. Chapters on each island illustrating all known handstamps and censor labels. A revision of Chris Miller's book. | £19.00 |
![]() | DAVIS John G.M. War Tax Stamps of the British Empire First World War. - British West Indies. R.P.S.L. (2009) xii + 400 large pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Historical background to the issues, study of the overprints and postal use. | £45.00 |
![]() | CAPON Richard and GIBB Bill & STEWART George The Farthing BWISC (2021) 102pp. 1st ed., new in card covers. The humble farthing, which not that many people will remember, was the cost of posting Printed Papers locally in some colonies of the Empire. Most were in the West Indies. This book catalogues all of these stamps and shows some very uncommon uses. The coverage extends outside the West Indies to Malta in particular and also to Fiji. There are instances where farthing stamps/labels were used as revenues in Australia, South Africa and diverse places, such as Heligoland. There are listed examples of the farthing labels used in the Highland Railways of Scotland. Places where farthing stamps were used are all covered and as a special treat there is an appendix showing some rare uses from the Ronald Rong Collection | £18.00 |
![]() | FERNBANK Peter E. and BLINCO Jeff & John King Edward VII Imperium Key Plates. Printings, plate number allocations and key plate varieties B.W.I.S.C. (2020) vii + 191 large pp. New in card covers A study of the Imperium style key plate issues within the 16 colonies that employed this design. The formats of the key plates are determined and a detailed plating study of Key Plate 1 is provided, a rare example of such a study on a surface printing plate, whilst the ‘Spaven’ and ‘Missing Frame’ flaws are examined in depth. Philately has long misunderstood the format of Key Plate 2 and its true size and format is revealed. A study is made of the damage sustained to the marginal areas of the plates, particularly the marginal rules, which can assist in determining the date of printing of certain marginal examples. Individual colony sections list all printings for each colony and the use of ordinary or chalk-surfaced paper is recorded for all printings. The basis on which the plate number allocated to each printing has been deduced is given. Additional information has been derived from the De La Rue and Crown Agents records, together with that from philatelic literature, and any exceptional events noted. | £18.00 |
![]() | GIRALDI Thomas E. and MCCANN Peter P. The Postal History of the Cayman Islands. Triad (1989) iii + 172pp + map. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. Comprehensive handbook on the postal markings and postal history. | £45.00 |
![]() | 1981 (26 Mar) Postage stamps of the Cayman Islands. Sothebys 26pp + 12 plates + PR. | £8.00 |
![]() | 2017 (19 Sep) The Windward Islands, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and the Falkland Islands. The David Pitts collection Spink 90pp. Fine in card covers | £10.00 |
![]() | BOOTH Graham Crises in the Cayman Islands Post Office (under the British Colonial System 1889-1939) Stuart Rossiter Trust (2020) x + 247 large pp. New in pictorial boards. | £30.00 |
![]() | 1988 (10 May) R.J. Edmondson collection of Cayman Islands Harmers 31pp + PR. | £6.00 |
![]() | AGUILAR E.F. and SAUNDERS P.T. The Cayman Islands - Their postal history, postage stamps and postmarks. F.J. Parsons, Folkestone (1962) 111pp + folding map, 1st ed., fine in faded blue cloth. Best work on the stamp issues. | £24.00 |
![]() | PROUD Edward B. Postal history of the Cayman Islands and Turks & Caicso Islands. - (Postal History of British Colonies) Proud Bailey (2006) 152pp. 1st ed., new in D/W. Listing of all known postal markings plus background notes on maritime and airmails. | £40.00 |
![]() ![]() ![]() | WATKIN A.J. Jamaican Stamps overprinted Cayman Islands. Jamaica Philatelist (n.d.) 8pp + loose photo. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. Inscribed by author on title page. Very rare. | £175.00 |