Some more of John Pemberton’s photos of European plates seen in postwar Britain…..
Can anyone throw light on the Polish Diplomatic (Chrysler Airflow?) reg. B 00069(?) (pictures 3 & 4)
And T 38, Picture 7, which John has identified as Greek – but is it???

2340 – The window displays a ‘Visitor to Britain’ flag on this Monegasque unidentified car, shot by John Pemberton c.1950.

IF this T 38 is a Greek plate, as John believes, might it be a Thessaloniki temporary importation customs registration? Seen Upper Regent Street, London circa 1950.

373-TT 8H – An American Packard visiting France temporarily in the 1948 has been given a set of Temporary Transit plates at the port of entry – H for Cherbourg, 8 for 1948 (or 1938). This series ran from 1933-1955. Very possibly, the car also carried it’s original American plate at the rear, as was the habit of the time. Pemberton archive

4515 RQ 1. A Citroen Light 15 from Departement of Ain (1), seen in London in the early 1950s. This series started in April 1950, but using only 3 serial numbers – this has four – 4515 – why? Pemberton archive

2028 QJ 5 – 5 was from Hautes-Alpes (Gap) from 1950 to August 1951, when 05 replaced the single 5. This plate has a four-serial registration 2028 , though three numerals were the norm until June 1965…… (Francoplaque?) Pemberton

9709 YD on an unidentified convertible car is thought to be French, but if so, which series?? Pemberton
That’s all of the Pemberton European pictures. A few Africans, Middle Easterners and South Americans to come before we close his fortunately-found album. Thanks, John!
The French plates might be late issues of the 1928-50 series, with the numerical suffix being “the ten thousands” digit.
RL & RQ = Paris (75)
QJ = Sarthe (72)
YD = Saine et Oise (78)
Richard – I should know this, but I didn’t! Thank you for your edifying data. I must run this past the French team; I expect they will know already, but you never know. (It’s a very French way of adding the ten-thousands digit, and reproduced in the (French) Djibouti system and maybe Morocco, too.)
Thanks, it’s a bit confusing that the 1901-28, 28-50, & 1950-2010 French series all could be formatted as 1234 AB 56.
By the looks of the code table for the 1928-50 series the 2 letter blocks were chosen to not clash with the 1901-28 series, which simply paired up the area codes when combinations were running short. I’m guessing both series were valid until 1950 when there was a general reissue.
All of this I’ve been able to puzzle out from RPOTW, so I’m sure someone on the French team knows far more than me!