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June 2018
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 →
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Founded, 1776; population, 13,002,700; capital, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania utilized enamel plates from 1906 to 1915; plates from 1916 to the present are of metal. A metal “43” tab was used on the 1942 base plate. Paper expiry stickers were used from… Continue Reading →
Every four years, and coinciding with the inauguration of the US President in January of that year, the District of Columbia issued special inaugural license plates. These plates had three-month validity (January 1st to March 31th) and could be used… Continue Reading →
Established, 1805; population, 10,077,331; capital, Lansing From 1910 to 1914 Michigan issued enamel plates; metal plates have been in use from 1915 to the present. Metal tabs were used in 1943 on a 1942 base, in 1960 and 1961 on… Continue Reading →
State founded, 1776; population, 989,948; capital, Dover Delaware issued enamel plates from 1909 to 1915; steel plates were utilized from 1916 to 1941. From 1942 to 1946 Delaware again issued enamel plates, this time with metal yearly expiry tabs. These… Continue Reading →