Derek Lehane

Personalized (or vanity) license plates in Delaware can have a combination of from one to seven letter or number characters. Numbers only are not permitted. The plates cost an additional fee of US$40 a year, in addition to the base… Continue Reading →

In addition to regular or optional bases, Delaware also makes available customized bases to fraternal, social and alumni groups. These plates have the organization’s symbol displayed on the left-hand side of the plate, with the organization’s name placed under the… Continue Reading →

1903 1986 Series Plates of the Republic of Ireland Click on link to see full article.

The Lord Mayors of Dublin, Belfast and Cork each have an official car bearing a normal-series but distinctive license plate. The Lord Mayor of Dublin’s official car is a dark blue Volvo S90 with the license plates 181-D-1 and 191-D-1. The Lord… Continue Reading →

The original 1903 series of two-letter codes (IA, IB, IJ, etc) continues in use in Northern Ireland. This 115-year run of original county and city codes is almost certainly a record for Europe. In 1928 the “Z” series of county and city… Continue Reading →

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In use from 1974 to 1986 mounted on a 1974 Datsun 260Z In use since 1986; currently mounted on a 2013 BMW 750i In use from 2002 to 2009 mounted on a 1995 Infiniti J30t In use from 2009; currently mounted on a 2001… Continue Reading →

Founded: 1790; population, 702,000. DC issued undated enamel plates between 1907 and 1917. Metal plates have been issued from 1918 to the present. Metal expiry tabs were issued in multiple years: expires “44” tab on an expires 3/31/43 base; expires… Continue Reading →

Neil A Parker, Registration Plates of Europe (London, Ian Allen Ltd, 1968) Neil Parker, John Weeks, Reg Wilson, Registration Plates of the World (Taunton, Somerset: Europlate, 1994) James K Fox, License Plates of the United States: A Pictorial History 1903-to the… Continue Reading →

The original series of license plate identifiers issued in the island of Ireland was part of the British system introduced in 1903. Uniquely, identifiers in Ireland contained the letter I as part of 38 two-letter codes that were allocated in… Continue Reading →