https://blog.europlate.org.uk/2018/08/24/trade-plates-dealers-sgp-eaz-adn/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/adncc-62-uk_cc-23-adn_www-thetimes-co-uk.jpg(ADN)(cc 62-UK)_CC 23 ADN_www.thetimes.co.ukhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/eaz-50s-60sgv_zg-316_austinj2van-vbks.jpg(EAZ 50s-60s)(gv)_ZG 316_AustinJ2van.vbKShttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/adn-60-63taxi_l-5943_b-w_abgks.jpg(ADN 60-63)(taxi)_L 5943_(b.w)_abgKShttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sgp-04-49c04c_s-1_oz1904blogvb.jpg(SGP 04-49c,04c)_S-1_Oz1904blogVB(SS) -- S 1 Straits Settlements. Now we have unearthed the picture of Singapore's first registration, from a history published by 'Singapore Tatler' and given as 1904. Lady Annie Dare's 2-cylinder Star car, which she named 'Ichiban', but which was called 'The Devil Wind Carriage' by the astonished native people, was driven all over the Malay Peninsular and Java, before being returned to England and Scotland in later years.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sgpdlr-50s-80s_108-s_comp_s-y_mazda-sgpdlr-docks1966vb.jpg(SGP)(dlr 50s-80s)_108 S_comp_(s.y)_Mazda.SGP)(dlr docks1966VBhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/eaz-49cdlr_1_r-w_morrismo-vbks-copy.jpg(EAZ 49c)(dlr)_1_(r.w)_MorrisMO.vbKS copyPreviously unknown, a dealer plate on British Zanzibar in circa 1949 has a large number '1' probably in red on a white ground, as it awaits its normal plates. 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VB.2022-11-24T16:05:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2019/11/26/the-making-of-the-rpwo-historic-archive/2022-11-24T15:58:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/02/04/egyptian-visitors-of-the-1950s/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/et456-83it_ch-sal-74_comp_vbcamfordwee.jpg(ET4)(56-83)(it)_CH SAL 74_comp_VBCamFordweehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/et4iondes56-83fao_1d-53003_cu_vb.jpg(ET4)(io)(ndes)(56-83)(FAO)_1D 53003_cu_VBAn odd UN type from the 1960s.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/et456-83it_ch-alx9083_cu_vbmb1.jpg(ET4)(56-83)(it)_CH 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Any ideas?https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gbg-03_1121_lancia-flavia-tg.jpg(GBG 03~)_1121_Lancia Flavia.TGOccasionally, one sees a coloured plate in Guernsey, but its unusual, This Lancia Flavia carries 1121 from circa 1920.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gbg-03rtl_11201-h_ford105anglia-vbgbgks.jpg(GBG 03~)(rtl)_11201 H_Ford105Anglia.vbGBGKS11201 H -- Rental cars use normal plates, but carry a second 'H' plate, for "Hire'. It's removed when the car returns to private use.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gbg-03_774_car-vbgbg1cks.jpg(GBG 03~)_774_car.vbGBG1cKS774 -- Here's a genuine oldie, rather than a reregistration, probably about 1919https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gbg-03-07trade_t-120-5959_r_cit-h15-vbgbg8bks.jpg(GBG 03-07)(Trade)_T 120 + 5959_r_Cit.H15-vbGBG8bKSDealer T 120 covering untaxed 5959. This 'Big 15' Citroen Traction-Avant illustrates the enthusiasm for French cars on the former French Channel islands, where on the BritishChequers pub mainland, they were still little-accepted, as British cars were hardly known in France.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gbg-03lt-gvr_g-1_r_singer-conv-vbgbg9aks.jpg(GBG 03~)(Lt.-Gvr)_G 1_r_Singer conv.vbGBG9aKSG 1 -- Lt-Governor again.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gbg-03dlr-mc_x-25_mc-vbgbg7bks.jpg(GBG 03~)(dlr-mc)_X 25_mc.vbGBG7bKSX 25 -- The long-discontinued Guernsey Motorcycle Dealer with X prefix.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gbg-03_7_ren-750-vbgbg6ks.jpg(GBG 03~)_7_Ren.750.vbGBG6KS7 -- Another old family heirloom - 7 on a Renault 750. 4cv. GBG continues to use the same system as it began wth in 1903, which could be a world record.....https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gbg-03_4_peu-203-vbgbg6bks.jpg(GBG 03~)_4_Peu.203.vbGBG6bKS4 -- The old residents can retain their original family numbers if they wish. Nowadays, they command ridiculous prices if they come up for sale. 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Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sy1_s-235_cu_masplvb_resize.jpg(SY1)_S 235_cu_MasPlvb_resizeS 234 is a plate from the Mas collectionhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sy1_s-5_vb1991_resize.jpg(SY1)_S 5_VB1991_resizeSeychelles permits retention of voided numbers and low numbers are always re-used. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sy1un_s-6993-un_comp_vb1991_resize.jpg(SY1)(un)_S 6993 UN_comp_VB1991_resizethe very rare sight of a UN variant UN S 6993 is characterised by a green background - a change from UN Blue!https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sy1rtl_s-6571-hv016_cu_vb1991_resize.jpg(SY1)(rtl)_S 6571 HV016_cu_VB1991_resizeTaxis carried normal plates, supplemented by this specially-manufactured Hire Vehicle plate with its unique authorising number. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sy1para_s-8333_vb1991_resize.jpg(SY1)(para)_S 8333_VB1991_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sy1para_s-1537_comp_vb1991_resize.jpg(SY1)(para)_S 1537_comp_VB1991_resizeGovernment vehicles used the same series, but with a red background, repainted black when sold in to private use. Brumby achivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sy1gv2_gs2563_vb1991_resize.jpg(SY1)(gv2)_GS2563_VB1991_resizeSeychelles Government employ a serial from the national series, on black, using a G prefix. Brumby archive..https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sy1dlr_st19_comp_vb1991_resize.jpg(SY1)(dlr)_ST19_comp_VB1991_resizeA handful of motor dealers exist on Mahé island only and use test plates to legally move untaxed vehicles. What a fine plate! Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sy1cd_scd6266_cu_vb1991_resize.jpg(SY1)(cd)_SCD6266_cu_VB1991_resizeDiplomats plates were also taken from the main system, but yellow-backgrounded, and with CD or CD appended to the plate in a random way. Brumby archive2016-08-04T08:04:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2016/03/04/platesite-on-wordpress-com/2017-02-24T05:05:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2016/03/04/unknown-perhaps-diplomatic-plate-or-fake/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/licence-plate.pnglicence plate2016-10-08T14:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2016/02/15/fake-on-ebay-de/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/usareur.jpgUSAREUR2016-02-22T11:41:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/04/08/caribbean-offers/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/na-eu-99_e-487_cu_qh2014.jpg(NA-Eu 99)_E-487_cu_QH2014https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kn_cd-07_cu_qh2014.jpg(K&N)_CD 07_cu_QH2014https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mon_m-1494_c_qh2014.jpg(Mon)_M 1494_c_QH2014https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mon_m-551_c_qh2014.jpg(Mon)_M 551_c_QH2014https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kn_p-5924_c_qh2014.jpg(K&N)_P 5924_c_QH2014https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kn_p-4829_c_qh2014.jpg(K&N)_P 4829_c_QH2014https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kn_p-3096_c_qh2014.jpg(K&N)_P 3096_c_QH2014PA was first issued in 19972017-02-06T08:56:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2015/10/04/43-years-of-spotting-notes/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/naar-58_a-6147_cupl_london-1959vb.jpg(NA)(Ar 58)_A-6147_cupl_London.1959VBhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/wg1_p-2734_comp_vb196406_resize.jpg(WG1)_P 2734_comp_VB196406_resizeP 2734 was a rare Grenada (WG) plate seen by EU 038 on this MG TD near Newmarket in April 1969 , and (without photo) noted by EU 083 in July 1969.2016-01-27T04:13:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2016/01/19/to-mystery-plates-ive-found/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/euro-groc39f.jpgeuro-großhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/morocco.jpgmorocco2016-03-02T10:30:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2016/01/06/pemberton-list-complete/2016-01-06T18:51:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2015/12/26/just-another-fake-plate-2/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/noch-unbek-wien-2-09-12-15.jpgnoch unbek. Wien 2., 09.12.152020-08-10T10:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2015/11/03/2628/2016-03-02T13:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2015/09/18/another-mystery/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/001.jpg0012016-02-08T22:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2015/09/11/more-plates-to-identify/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tg-56-75transit_rt-wj_slide1_vb.jpg(TG 56-75)(transit)_RT WJ_slide1_VBhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tg-56-75a62-4_rt-6952-a_vbmb1970s.jpg(TG 56-75)(A62-4)_RT-6952-A_VBmb1970shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tg-56-75a62-4_rt-7006-a_vbmb.jpg(TG 56-75)(A62-4)_RT 7006-A_VBmb2015-10-08T07:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2015/09/05/mystery-photo/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/post-484-0-27895600-1394816477.jpgpost-484-0-27895600-13948164772015-10-05T09:10:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/09/09/the-rhodesias-on-camera/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/zw-60-71rsr_rua-2584-_vbmr-1960s1.jpg(ZW 60-71)(RSR)_RUA 2584 _VBmr 1960shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/zw-28-60srmc_s-977-c_vbweb2012.jpg(ZW 28-60)(SR)(mc)_S 977 C_VBweb2012https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/zw-28-60sr_v-3748-_f_vbweb2012.jpg(ZW 28-60)(SR)_V 3748 _f_VBweb2012https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/zw-28-60sr_s-28403_vbweb2012.jpg(ZW 28-60)(SR)_S 28403_VBweb2012https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/zw-28-60sr_s-4172_vbweb1.jpg(ZW 28-60)(SR)_S 4172_VBwebhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/zw-28-60sr_b-31444_vbweb2012.jpg(ZW 28-60)(SR)_B 31444_VBweb2012https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/zw-oval-zimbabwe.jpgZW oval ZIMBABWEhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sr-oval-southern-rhodesia.jpgSR oval SOUTHERN RHODESIAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/rsr-oval-rhodesias-southern-rhodesia-comp.jpgRSR oval RHODESIAS-SOUTHERN RHODESIA comphttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/rsr-oval-2-rhodesias-southern-rhodesia.jpgRSR oval 2 RHODESIAS-SOUTHERN RHODESIA2015-09-01T16:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/12/19/pemberton-quiz/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ind3jk1cgo_jk-6831_comp_vb.jpg(IND3)(J&K1)(cgo)_J&K 6831_comp_VBJ&K 68 -- The dual-plated lorry on which the writer hitch-hiked from Patna to Kathmandu in 1965, carried Nepali and Jammu & Kashmir commercial plates.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ind3-delhi-1965-vb1965_resize1.jpg(IND3)-Delhi 1965-VB1965_resizeAQ failed photo of a Jowett Javelin in New Delhi in 1965 shows Hindi script, then most unusual. VB archive2015-08-30T18:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/25/mixed-europeans-from-jp/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/r2_8860-b_jp1940svb1.jpg(R2)_8860-B_JP1940svb8860-B ucharest, borne an another unknown American tank - a convertible model, so someone very rich. (In 1940s Romania??)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pcd_cd-10-46_jpvb1.jpg(P)(cd)_CD 10-46_JPvbThe rare Portuguese red-on-white diplomatic CD-10-46, seen on a grand American limousine, possibly a 1940s Buick Eight.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nl_r-7800_jpvb.jpg(NL)_R-7800_JPvbR-7800 is a Dutch motorcycle in Oxford. R was a special allocation for temporary/foreigner registration from 1920 to 1951. Pemberton archive.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/n_z-9643_jpvb1.jpg(N)_Z-9643_JPvbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/n_f6-47_jp1940svb.jpg(N)_F6-47)_JP1940svbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/n_a-11829_jbvb1.jpg(N)_A-11829_JBvbA-11829 A= Oslo, Norwayhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/l_6681_jp1940svb1.jpg(L)_6681_JP1940svbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dkmc_h-8517_jpvb1.jpg(DK)(mc)_H 8517_JPvbDenmark motorcycle identified by Roger Kimbellhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dbz_bh25-3323_jp1949vb1.jpg(D)(Bz)_BH25-3323_JP1949vbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/daz_ah-23-45_jpvb1.jpg(D)(Az)_AH 23.45_JPvbAH=Hessen,1945-56 (US zone of Germany)(Lorrach). Messerschmidt bubblecar. Pemberton 1945-56?2017-08-18T05:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/07/10/chinese-car-spotted-on-fjord-ferry-in-norway/2015-08-30T17:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2015/06/22/old-plates-from-yemen/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/adn-60-63_l-7728_blab2015.jpg(ADN 60-63)_L 7728_BLab2015We cannot resist adding another of Bernt's Aden pictures, because it is carried by a most unlikely vehicle for the tough conditions in the Yemen area, This is a very rare Goggomobil TL van, more info on which is found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goggomobilhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/yar-906-yar-60s_bl.jpgYAR 906 (YAR 60s_BL)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/abyan-1122-yafa-sahel-398-adn-60s_bl.jpgAbyan 1122-Yafa Sahel 398 (ADN 60s_BL)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/yafa-sahel-139-abyan-470-l-6849-adn-60s_bl.jpgYafa Sahel 139-Abyan 470 & L 6849 (ADN 60s_BL)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/phs-23-1adn-223-adn-60s_bl.jpgPHS 23-1ADN 223 (ADN 60s_BL)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lodar-68-dathinah-164-adn-audhali-dathina-60s_bl.jpgLodar 68-Dathinah 164 (ADN Audhali-Dathina 60s_BL)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lahej-138-fg-64-l-8356-mukayris-340-abyan-adn-60s_bl.jpgLahej 138 & FG 64 & L 8356-Mukayris 340 Abyan (ADN 60s_BL)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ymn-445-detailed.jpgYMN 445 (detailed)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ymn-445-ymn-50s.jpgYMN 445 (YMN 50s)<b>Description:</b> Armed vehicles carrying machine guns manned by HM the Imam's bodyguard. <b>Location:</b> Yemen <b>Date:</b> 1950-1959 <b>Our Catalogue Reference:</b> Part of CO 1069/677 This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons Please use the comments section below the pictures to share any information you have about the people, places or events shown. We have attempted to provide place information for the images automatically but our software may not have found the correct location. For high quality reproductions of any item from our collection please contact our <a href='http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/imagelibrary' rel='nofollow'>image library</a>2015-08-30T16:04:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2015/07/23/bahamas-and-out-islands/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bs-97oi-grand-bahama_55348_cf_wee_vb2015.jpg(BS 97~)(OI-Grand Bahama)_55348_cf_wee_VB2015Another island plate seen was this Grand Bahama 55348.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bs-50s-76out_8856_wee_vb1960s.jpg(BS 50s-76)(Out)_8856_wee_VB1960sBefore each island issued its own plates, they used mainland numeric issues, often with 'OUT ISLANDS' on the home-made plate, and often on a green background with white lettering. This is a 1960s picture taken outside Harrods in London during the early 1960s. Brumby archive c.1962https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bs-64_n-p-1021_comp_wee_vb1964.jpg(BS 64)_N.P.1021_comp_wee_VB1964https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bs-50sgv_348_c_vb1960s.jpg(BS 50s)(gv)_348_c_VB1960sAnother 1960s government plate, onn an Austin 1100. VB archive c1966https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bs-97oi-eleutheracgo_t-815_f_wee_vb2015.jpg(BS 97~)(OI Eleuthera)(cgo)_T 815_f_wee_VB2015T 815 -- Very few Out Island plates are to be seen on New Providence. This Eleutheran Cargo (Truck) was one in May 2015https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bs-97oi-abacotxi_ab-65_comp_wee_vb2008.jpg(BS 97~)(OI-Abaco)(txi)_AB 65_comp_wee_VB2008AB 64 -- Abaco taxi. 2015https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bs-97taxi_np-127_cf_wee_vb20151.jpg(BS 97~)(taxi)_NP 127_cf_wee_VB2015NP 127 -- New Providence taxi. 2015https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bs-86gvcab_cm-10_cf_wee_vb2015.jpg(BS 86~)(gv)(cab)_CM 10_cf_wee_VB2015CM 10 -- CM codes a Cabinet Ministerhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bs-50sgv_135_comp_wee_vb1960s.jpg(BS 50s)(gv)_135_comp_wee_VB1960sThe first Government plates were seen in 1960s London. The new Ford Zephyr Mk 3 was GB-registered 340 EGX under the Home-Delivery Export Scheme, which allowed for collection ex-factory, a period of use in Europe & Britain, then a shipment to the country of purchase. Brumby archive 1960s.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bs-86gvmp_mp-30_cr_wee_vb2015.jpg(BS 86~)(gvmp)_MP 30_cr_wee_VB2015Specially-coloured plates for Govt. officers are black-on-mid-blue. MP codes aMember of Parliament. Brumby archive 2015.2015-08-01T21:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/03/04/mixed-europeans-part-2/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/b325-53_symbol_cu2_wee-vb.jpg(B3)(25-53)_symbol_cu2_wee VBBelgium's 1925-63 national seal borne on the rear, official plate. Brumby archive2022-02-06T12:36:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2015/07/09/bechuanaland-original-series/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nam-oval-namibia.jpgNAM oval NAMIBIAThought to be used between 1915 - 1990, when Namibia became independent of South Africa.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bw-2001ccd-usa_02-cd-239_vb2008.jpg(BW 2001c~)(cd-USA)_02 CD 239_VB2008https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/rb-oval-republic-of-botswana-67-03.jpgRB oval REPUBLIC of BOTSWANA 67-03RB -1935-67https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bw-oval-botswana-05-vb-copy.jpgBW oval BOTSWANA 05 VB copyBW - 2003 >https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sd-2010_hsd-305-am2_disc_vb2013.jpg(SD 2010~)_HSD 305 AM2_disc_VB2013Windscreen-mounted tax discs are used in Swaziland by those who can afford them. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sd-mswati-iii-silver-spur-ii_cu4_nip.jpg(SD) Mswati III Silver Spur II_cu4_nipThe eccentric Swazi King Mswati runs a fleet of grand cars just as you would if you were left in charge of the nations' wallet. Here is one of his vanity plates on his R-R Silver Spur. anonhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sd-2010gv-pris_gsd-227-pr_cu_vbld2015.jpg(SD 2010~)(gv-pris)_GSD 227 PR_cu_VBld2015Another Swazi Government issue, coded PR for the Prisons Dept. Lester Day photo 2015.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bw-74-84crb_bd-2198_vb1970s.jpg(BW 74-84c)(RB)_BD 2198_VB1970sThis Hillman Avenger was phot'd in London in 1976, using the new yellow plates, otherwise unchanged. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bw-50s-74bp_bpd-162_comp_vb1969.jpg(BW 50s-74)(BP)_BPD 162_comp_VB1969A Vauxhall Cresta BPD 162, seen in GB during 1969, carries the BP-prefixed white-on-black plates which ran from (possibly)1937-1967, when black-on-yellow was introduced. This Hillman Avenger was phot'd in London in 1969. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sd-2010_2013-10-28-11-31-20.jpg(SD 2010~)_2013-10-28 11.31.20A normal current Swazi plate type commencing 2010, in which Q 795 B is the registration, SD the country i/d and M codes Manzini district. Brumby archive 20152015-07-10T10:21:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/08/18/terry-grays-slides-come-to-life/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/a-vorc3bcbergehende-zulassung-moped-1990-wien.jpg??????????Harald shows the moped version of the Austrian temporary foreign resident series, valid until 2011.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/e-60s-70sprov-dlr_ge-1-000-447_tg.jpg(E 60s-70s)(prov.dlr)_GE-1.000.447_TGhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/e-60s-70sprov-dlr_ge-1-000-447_cu_tg.jpg(E 60s-70s)(prov.dlr)_GE-1.000.447_cu_TGhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/e-60s-70sprov_b-702-548_c_tg.jpg(E 60s-70s)(prov)_B-702.548_c_TGhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/e-27-80seqg_rm-6018_tg.jpg(E 27-80s)(EqG)_RM 6018_TGhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/e-27-69shifni_if-556_tg1960s.jpg(E 27-69)(SH)(Ifni)_IF-556_TG1960shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/e-27-69eqgfp1_fp-3721_c_tg.jpg(E 27-69)(EqG)(FP1)_FP-3721_c_TGhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/e-22-72me_ml-4037_tg.jpg(E 22-72)(ME)_ML-4037_TGhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dy-72-76cd_it-837-dy-cd_r2_tg.jpg(DY 72-76)(cd)_IT 837 DY-CD_r2_TGhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dkdlr_41-112_f_tg.jpg(DK)(dlr)_41 112_f_TG2016-04-11T21:05:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/09/30/1955-pakistan/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pak1atemp_kaw6444_comp_vb1968_resize.jpg(PAK1a)(temp)_KAW6444_comp_VB1968_resizeKAW 6444 -- red-on-yellow Karachi Trade-plate on a new British Vauxhall Victor, there in 1965. Brumby archive.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pak1_id-8146_vbcpt1980s_resize.jpg(PAK1)_ID 8146_VBcpt1980s_resizeIDhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pak147_qa6209_comp_vb1964_resize.jpg(PAK1)('47~)_QA6209_comp_VB1964_resizeAlways a rare sighting outside Pakistan, a Quetta-plated VW Microbus was seen in Kensignton Church Street in 1964 and even carries a KAA Karachi Automobile Association official oval. Something tells the writer that no such frippery of decadent western culture remains extant in that now-benighted land. Brumby archive 1964 Londonhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pak1a47_kae9800-urdu_comp_vb_resize.jpg(PAK1a)('47~)_KAE9800 Urdu_comp_VB_resizeIt was unusual to see an Urdu-scripted plate in the 1960s, but this Morris 1000 shows KAE 9800 as it motors round Lahore. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pak147un_pr9679_comp_vb1965_resize.jpg(PAK1)('47~)(un)_PR9679_comp_VB1965_resize2015-03-01T15:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/03/21/malaysia-dealer-change/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/maldlr2_w-2704-a_cu_vb2007.jpg(MAL)(dlr2)_W 2704 A_cu_VB2007this was the Wilaya dealer plate layout which was found to conflict with the new regular plates, so had to be redesigned.2015-01-08T14:57:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/06/12/terry-grays-old-slides-found/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tn-56-65for-res_ft-1938-hsexjf.jpg(TN 56-65)(for.res)_FT 1938 HSexJFhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tn-56-65for-res_ft-718-longmv1-red-white-maybe-photo-1968.jpg(TN 56-65)(for.res)_FT 718 longMV1 (red-white maybe) (photo 1968)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tn-56-65for-res_ft-237_jf.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tn-56-65for-res_149_cuf_yl2.jpg(TN 56-65)(for.res)_149_cuf_YL2https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tn-56-65for-res-cd_ft-1940-cs1968.jpg(TN 56-65)(for.res-cd)_FT 1940 CS1968)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tn-56-65for-res-cd_ft-728-cs.jpg(TN 56-65)(for.res-cd)_FT 728-CShttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tn-56-65for-res-cd_ft-149_cur_-long-pressedyl1.jpg(TN 56-65)(for.res-cd)_FT 149_cur_ long pressedYL1https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tn-56-65for-res-cd-gb_ft-3_cu_vb-ex-gb-ambassador-1956.jpg(TN 56-65)(for.res-cd-GB)_FT 3_cu_VB (ex GB ambassador 1956)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tn-56-65for-res-cc_ft-743_r_-longmv4-km-book-1963.jpg(TN 56-65)(for.res-cc)_FT 743_r_ longMV4-KM book 1963https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tn-56-65for-res-cc_ft-743_f-longmv3.jpg(TN 56-65)(for.res-cc)_FT 743_f longMV32014-12-21T04:17:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/05/11/fake-vehicle-registration/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gb-21-01temp50s-srac_qs-2801_bv.jpg(GB 21-01)(temp'50s SRAC)_QS 2801_BVThe Scottish RAC also had a batch of 'Q' plates to hand to visiting motorists, many of whom were US servicemen, at Scottish bases. QS 2801 is seen here on vacation in Paris, during the 1950s, the 'S' showing its Scottish RAC provenance.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gb-21-01temp50s-_qc-8825_jp1950s-vb.jpg(GB 21-01)(temp'50s) _QC 8825_JP1950s vbThe international settlement of Tangiers, in Spanish Morocco, was among the territories which required local plates in many of the countries they might visit. Here is a Daimler just pre- or post-war, using QC 8825 for a visit to Britain in about 1948. Pemberton archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gb-21-01temp32-aa_qe-4675_c_vb_occsite1954.jpg(GB 21-01)(temp'32 AA)_QE 4675_c_VB_OCCsite1954The 'Q' series had a long history in Britain, starting in 1921. Another use for them was to temporarily register a visitng car from a country which did not subscribe to the international conventions. This vehicle entered GB for a rally in 1932, and the Automobile Association issued it this QE 469 tag for the duration. The AA and the RAC were authorised to allocate these plates on behalf of the State, to facilitate motor tourism, all services for which the two clubs offered.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gb-21-01temp64_qk-1597_bvimageshack.jpg(GB 21-01)(temp'64)_QK 1597_BVImageshackIn 1964, when QK was a current issue, this Mercedes was bought in England for subsequent export, and so was issued with a 'Q' plate for it's temporary stay in UK.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gb-alt-10-28-4-141.jpgGB alt 10., 28.4.142016-10-08T13:34:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/12/the-straits-settlements/2014-10-09T15:19:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/20/south-africa-items/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/zacd2_dip123d_comp_vb.jpg(ZA)(cd2)_DIP123D_comp_VBDIP 123 D is of the diplomatic style of the 1970s. https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/zaofdot1-81_gg24238_comp_vb.jpg(ZA)(of)(DoT1-81)_GG24238_comp_VBUntil 1981, South African Govt. departments were allocated plates from the ' Government garage'. Here is a Ford Cortina Mk 3 estate car in Grahamstown in those days. Brumby archive 2014-10-09T15:14:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/11/24/beetlefest/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gr252-5_ic-p-250_foxvb.jpg(GR2)(52-5)_IC P-250_FoxvbFor more detail, we see Jim Fox' plate of the series.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gr-private-1963-72-volos-191353-archive-roy-carson-pl.jpgGR private 1963-72 Volos 191353 archive Roy Carson PLhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gr-private-1956-59-thessaloniki-156709-archive-roy-carson-pl.jpgGR private 1956-59 Thessaloniki 156709 archive Roy Carson PLhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gr-foreign-resident-1963-69-5158-archive-roy-carson-pl.jpgGR foreign resident 1963-69 5158 archive Roy Carson PLGreece, in common with a few other countries, marked the cars which belonged to foreigners coming to live in Greece for more than just a short holiday. The Greek letter 'X' abbreviated 'Xenos' (alien/ foreigner/outsider/qafir) and the A was the regional identifier for Athens. This black-on-white series was issued between 1963 and 69. XA/5158, and no dating shown on this series.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gr-temp-1964-36-thessaloniki-archive-roy-carson-pl.jpgGR temp 1964 36 Thessaloniki archive Roy Carson PLPaul Lommerse gives us this Roy Carson shot of yet another variant of the Greek customs-issue temporary plate from 1964https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gr-private-1952-55-athens-a-9862-archive-roy-carson-pl.jpgGR private 1952-55 Athens A-9862 archive Roy Carson PLA-9862Another mighty rare on-car picture of the 1952-55 Greek plates, from Athens, from Paul Lommerse. These had yellow plates, akin to the American style/size.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/h-90-04_duj-353_sf1995.jpg(H 90-04)_DUJ 353_SF1995https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gr-60s-70stimp_4193_sf.jpg(GR 60s-70s)(timp)_4193_SFhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gr-60s-70stimp_3936_sf1971.jpg(GR 60s-70s)(timp)_3936_SF1971https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dk-76-09_dn-75-636_sf1996.jpg(DK 76-09)_DN 75 636_SF19962015-10-20T19:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/02/17/1044/2014-06-25T15:13:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/03/01/malaya-the-first-single-letter-plates-trial/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mal1reissue_w1111_comp_vb_resize.jpg(MAL1)(reissue)_W1111_comp_VB_resize...It's who you know...https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sgp10-49c1911_s-8_vbdf2012.jpg(SGP1)(0-'49)(c1911)_S-8_VBdf2012Too good a shot not to include Singapore's eighth car in our single-letter article! Thought to be 1911.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sgp10-49_s-7618_busbookvb.jpg(SGP1)(0-'49)_S 7618_BusBookVBS was the code for Singapore when it was a part of the Malaya. At secession, S plates living in Malaya had to change to local Malaysian registration, and lose their 'S' plates.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mal0pk_various_dfvb1936.jpg(MAL0)(PK)_various_DFvb1936https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/malmil-army_z29_cu_vb.jpg(MAL)(mil-army)_Z29_cu_VBZ is a post-independence letter allocated to senior officers of the armed forces in Malaysia. VB archive,https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mal1_t-6455_cu_europ-ab2.jpg(MAL1)_T 6455_cu_EuroP.ABT was for the state of Trengganu, for which we have no on-car plate picture - yet!https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mal1_m7299_vb_resize.jpg(MAL1)_M7299_VB_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mallab1_l567_vb2010_resize1.jpg(MAL)(Lab1)_L567_VB2010_resizeL - Labuan island, off Borneo, previously administered b=as a Straits Settlement, then as part of the State of North Borneo, then by Sabah and now a stand-alone entity within Malaysia. https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mal1_t-6455_cu_europ-ab1.jpg(MAL1)_T 6455_cu_EuroP.ABT - Trengganu statehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mallab1_l567_vb2010_resize.jpg(MAL)(Lab1)_L567_VB2010_resizeL -Labuan island, on an Austin A40 Farina, preserved in the state museum in Kota Kinabulu, Sabah.2014-05-27T08:17:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/11/13/a-little-more-pemberton/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/iroos_t-26-4595_cu_jp1947.jpg(IR)(oos)_T 26 4595_cu_JP1947https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/np_bt-2999_jpc1937.jpg(NP)_BT 2999_JPc1937Observe the 12" oval used at the time!https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/moc_lm-7667_jpvb.jpg(MOC)_LM 7667_JPvbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ktrh_50_jp1950s.jpg(KT)(rh)_50_JP1950shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/iroos_t-26-4595_jp1947.jpg(IR)(oos)_T 26 4595_JP1947https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/grcd_ds-277-cd_jp1950s.jpg(GR)(cd)_DS 277 CD_JP1950shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/fsnaof_7081-1-a_jpvb.jpg(F)(SN)(AOF)_7081 1.A_JPvbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/et213-c56_c-4463_jp1938vb.jpg(ET2)(13-c56)_C 4463_JP1938vbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eat_dsd-770_jpvb.jpg(EAT)_DSD 770_JPvbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cl-1947-8_cy-3533_jp1951c.jpg(CL 1947-8)_CY 3533_JP1951c2017-08-31T08:20:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/05/01/malaysia-2014/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mal_w-ts-53-pair_vb20140401_resize.jpg(MAL)_W TS 53-pair_VB20140401_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mal1reissue_w-1111_comp_vb_resize.jpg(MAL1)(reissue)_W 1111_comp_VB_resizeW 1111 -- a former Province Wellesley mark from the 1950s, somehow re-born on a 2012 car.... VB archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mal-85ctxi-local_hwd-693_weevb2010.jpg(MAL 85c~)(txi-local)_HWD 693_weeVB2010Current Local Taxi series has reached HW-E Brumby archive 2013https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mal-sab-2006_saa-9194-g_cu_vb2007.jpg(MAL-Sab 2006~)_SAA 9194 G_cu_VB2007Sabah's current series uses the alphabetic serial suffix. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mal-sk-2010c_qaa-1989-c_c_vb.jpg(MAL-SK 2010c)_QAA 1989 C_c_VBSarawak's current series uses the alphabetic serial suffix. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mal-sab-70s-80s-maybe_k-314-s_c_vb2010_resize_resize.jpg(MAL-Sab 70s-80s maybe)_K 314 S_c_VB2010_resize_resizeThis was originally K 314 from Sabah, before the law required a suffix 'S' to be added to avoid confusion with Malaya and Sarawak K's.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mal1_k-4757_c_vb2009_wee.jpg(MAL1)_K 4757_c_VB2009_weeK 4757, unfortunately without a FM or PTM oval, is from Kedah state in Peninsular Malaya, borne by a Morris Minor. VB archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mal-sk-30s-60s_k-9033_vb1968_resize.jpg(MAL-SK 30s-60s)_K 9033_VB1968_resizeThis Kuching-registered Simca 1000 was seen in Islamabad in 1965! Vic Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140422_151607_resize.jpg20140422_151607_resizeApril 2014 saw the first of the W suffixes for the Wilaya of Kuala Lumpur. Vic Brumby 2014https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mal2014txi-dist_w-4575-k_vb2014.jpg(MAL2014)(txi-dist)_W 4575 K_VB2014Issued from the normal series, taxis entitled to travel interstate use plates with reversed colours and are rarely seen in the Wilaya area. Vic Brumby archive 20142017-02-06T08:51:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/06/25/malaysia-next-series-and-jottings/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/zatv-14-78mayorf_tj-1_cuwee_vb.jpg(ZA)(Tv 14-78)(mayor)f_TJ 1_cuwee_VBTJ 1 Belonged to the Mayor of Johannesburg, Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p1050589_resize.jpgP1050589_resizeA basic conveyance for the village headman in Kuching.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sk5_qaa-1989-c_vb2013_resize.jpg(SK5_QAA 1989 C_VB2013_resizeConfirmed first sighting of Sarawak now using a suffix serial, C. (Vic Brumby)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mal1a_nn-2625_comp_vb_resize.jpg(MAL1a)_NN 2625_comp_VB_resizeNN 2625. Could be from Newcastle (City) in Natal, but it's from Negri Sembilan.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mal1a_tj3079_vb_resize.jpg(MAL1a)_TJ3079_VB_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mal1a_ca-6363_r_vb_resize.jpg(MAL1a)_CA 6363_r_VB_resizeCA 6363. Could be Cape Town - but it's Pahang (seen in Penang)2014-05-02T11:43:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/11/17/colony-of-north-borneo-cnb/2014-05-17T11:41:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/09/27/is-there-a-new-italian-type/2015-02-18T11:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/03/03/spanish-morocco-me/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/me-dd-56-5141_jf.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/me-dd-56-2910_jf.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/me-dd-56-4559_ag.jpg(ME dd-56)-4559_AGhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/me-dd-56-1917_ag.jpg(ME dd-56)-1917_AGhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/me-dd-56-8987_ag.jpg(ME dd-56)-8987_AGhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/me-dd-56-8586-fco-del-barrio-arenaza-20minutos_ag.jpg(ME dd-56)-8586 (Fco del Barrio Arenaza-20minutos)_AGhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/me-dd-56-7689_ag.jpg(ME dd-56)-7689_AG2014-04-21T21:58:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/03/03/oman-and-a-little-more-of-the-gulf/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/uaedub-04_n-27443__vb2014blog.jpg(UAE)(Dub 04~)_N 27443__VB2014bloghttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/uaedub-2014exp_51879_cr_vb2014blog.jpg(UAE)(Dub 2014)(exp)_51879_cr_VB2014blogFinally, Dubai sent over a couple of plates, to improve the set Brumby archive 2014https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ksa-2007_bld-3252_vb2014blog.jpg(KSA 2007~)_BLD 3252_VB2014bloghttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kt_6-52553_r_vb2014blog1.jpg(KT)_6-52553_r_VB2014bloghttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ksa-2007_dlb-3252_vb2014blog.jpg(KSA 2007~)_DLB 3252_VB2014blogThe odd Saudi is seen in Oman, via a magnificent cross-desert motorway to the border.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/uaesh-2014exp_85019_cu_vb2014blog.jpg(UAE)(Sh 2014)(exp)_85019_cu_VB2014bloghttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/uaesh-2014exp_78930_vb2014blog.jpg(UAE)(Sh 2014)(exp)_78930_VB2014blogand mixed UAE plates, including exports. Brumby archive 2014.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/om70s-86_12814_tgblog.jpg(OM)(70s-86)_12814_TGblog12814 .. Seen in Britain in the 1970s is an on-car shot of the circa 1970 private series, from the Terry Gray archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/om-60smuscat_337_jf.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe only sand-cast Omani plate recorded is part of the World Collection of Mister Music, Jim Fox. Also from the 50s-72 original series.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/om-60s_464_bl1960sblog.jpg(OM 60s)_464_BL1960sblog464 .. A similar M&O plate from the Bernt Larsson archive 1960s2019-10-03T15:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/08/18/new-post/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/co467-74_c-07-87_cu_vb1969_resize.jpg(CO4)(67-74)_C-07-87_cu_VB1969_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bg2cd_dt-0326_comp_vb1969.jpg(BG2)(cd)_DT 0326_comp_VB1969https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-06-15-17-27-52_0108.jpg2013-06-15 17-27-52_0108https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jp-notebook-71-2.jpgJP notebook 71-22014-02-11T14:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/12/10/angola/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/an-96-040taxkk-menongue-cc-mines-removed_resize.jpg(AN 96-04)(0tax)KK.Menongue-CC mines removed_resizeAll in a days' work for some brave volunteers.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/601102-angola-atca-codes.jpg601102 Angola ATCA codesThis correspondence with deceased member Roger Anderson advises 'no regional codes - just alpha sequence. https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/an-2004_ld-17-12-ae_comp_vbpr_resize.jpg(AN 2004~)_LD-17-12-AE_comp_VBpr_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/an-20040tax_ld-79-79-ae_cu_rpwo.jpg(AN 2004~)(0tax)_LD-79-79-AE_cu_RPWOhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/an-96-040taxkk-menongue-longa-road_resize.jpg(AN 96-04)(0tax)KK.Menongue-Longa road_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/an-96-040tax_ldi-42-55_comp_vbpr.jpg(AN 96-04)(0tax)_LDI-42-55_comp_VBprhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/an-60smil_-3-12-81_cu_vb.jpg(AN 60s)(mil)_.3-12-81_cu_VBIn the Johannesburg military museum is an army lorry captured in one of the many 60s-70s scraps in Angola, still with the military plate, though illegible. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/an-55-96_ldn-62-97_comp_vb.jpg(AN 55-96)_LDN 62-97_comp_VB2002 sighting in Namibia was this possible Luanda reg.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/an-55-96_kea-01-01_cu_vb.jpg(AN 55-96)_KEA-01-01_cu_VBand another Namibian-based sighting. Cabinda can also be spelled with a K - is this from the exclave?https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/an-55-96_ate-01-69_comp_vb1958.jpg(AN 55-96)_ATE 01-69_comp_VB19582014-05-17T12:44:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/03/17/whose-vietnam-photo/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/vn2for3-h95-01_nn7749_cu_itvb.jpg(VN2)(for3-H)(95-01)_NN7749_cu_ITvbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/vn2for3-kor95-07_nn2531_vbanon.jpg(VN2)(for3-KOR)(95-07)_NN2531_VBanonhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/vn-70sforaid_nn-1144_compwee_vbmb.jpg(VN 70s)(foraid)_NN 1144_compwee_VBmbThe white-on-green variant of the Foreigner plates not of diplomatic status. Issued after re-unification in 1975. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/vnu1foraid-1c-nl_nn-18-11_compwee_vbda1980s.jpg(VNu1)(foraid 1c-NL)_NN-18-11_compwee_VBda1980shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/vn3sforaid1_x-08698_weevbmb1970s.jpg(VN3S)(foraid1)_X-08698_weeVBmb1970sRPWO gives this X-5-numerals plate type as U.S. military contractors and foreigners working for the South Vietnamese governmenthttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/vn-54-60sforaid_ntb-3621_vb1963.jpg(VN 54-60s)(foraid)_NTB 3621_VB1963The front plate on NTB 3621 had the letter B as a suffix, and read NT.3621.B. This was the format for the green series used by foreign aid personnel in VN during the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1970s, the white on green NN series replaced it. The B was the Vietnamese vehicle-type-code, for a car. The meaning of NT is unknown. All such plates were almost always painted. Europlate member 83, John Pemberton, also saw the car in London, in August, 1963. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/vn-54-60sforaid_ntb0433_jfvb.jpg(VN 54-60s)(foraid)_NTB0433_JFvbThe layout of the front plates varied in this Vn series, as illustrated by this photo from the mighty Jim Fox collection.2013-12-04T11:26:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/04/10/trezzo-specials/2013-12-04T11:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/06/13/jp-plate-sightings-precis-19567/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/naar58_a6147_cu_vbpl1959.jpg(NA)(Ar58)_A6147_cu_VBpl1959When I saw this, I had to visit the library to find out where 'Aruba' was to be found on an atlas!. Some weeks after seeing the Ford 100E Anglia at Hyde Park Corner, I saw VXD 44 parked in Fulham from the top of my RT double-decker. Swiftly dismounting, I hunted the owner, in the sure belief it was the Aruban, recently re-registered in Britain. It was, and the amused owner handed me one of his plates, which I still value among the most unusual plates in my collection.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rl150-98_55559_comp_vb1958.jpg(RL1)(50-98)_55559_comp_VB1958Buick Eight in London during 1958, also noted by member Pemberton. Brumby archive2013-12-03T11:21:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/11/26/spain-con/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20-11-2013-22-11-20-3.jpg20-11-2013 22.11.20 3CON 1031https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20-11-2013-22-11-4-5.jpg20-11-2013 22.11.4 5CON. Spanish series from "construcción" cars2013-12-03T11:17:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/11/22/african-oddities/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-24-16-45-21_0133.jpg2013-11-24 16-45-21_0133Keith Marvin's rare book, which brought mant worldwide collectors to each others notice, and helped to form associations.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/adn60-63_l-993_cu_weekmvb.jpg(ADN60-63)_L 993_cu_weeKMvbA Keith Marvin Aden image from his 1960 book, 'License (sic) Plates of the World' - possibly the first volume dedicated to xeno-autonumerology!https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cyn283-97_l-312_weevb.jpg(CYN2)(83-97)_L 312_weeVBhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/adn60-63_l-8820_tg_resize.jpg(ADN60-63)_L 8820_TG_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mallab1_l567_vb2010_resize.jpg(MAL)(Lab1)_L567_VB2010_resizeAnother Austin, an A40 model, retired to an outdoor museum in Kota Kinabual, Sabah, but sporting 1960s plates from Labuan Island.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/z129-64nr_l-219_vbweb1956.jpg(Z1)(29-64)(NR)_L 219_VBweb1956This Austin A35 circa 1960, hails from Northern Rhodesia. L and 3 numbers in the GB style could just as easily come from Aden or Cyprus, or Fiji or Labuan.....https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/badge-aa-ceylon_vbwee.jpgBadge AA-Ceylon_VBweeHere is a typical overseas British Automobile Association radiator badge of the type created for all or most of the Commonwealth countries.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sudun1_un-334_vbdf.jpgSONY DSChere's a pretty similar UN in Sudan...https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/malvty2013_tp_soh.jpg(MAL)(vty2013)_tp_SOhUN vehicle in Afghanistan Aug. 2013.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ind5_tn22cy-0648_c_vbmo2013.jpg(IND5)_TN22CY 0648_c_VBmo20132013-11-30T20:52:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/26/more-european-ancients-part-2/2013-11-15T07:22:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/11/03/zanzibar-at-last/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p1040951_resize.jpgP1040951_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eaz-08mc_z-830-ab_cf_vb2013.jpg(EAZ 08~)(mc)_Z 830 AB_cf_VB2013Adhesive plate Z 830 AB mounted on a Vespa apron. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eaz-08mc_z-08-933-ev_vb2013.jpg(EAZ 08~)(mc)_Z 08~ 933 EV_VB2013Pressed metal rear plate layout for all 2- and 3-wheelershttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p1040920.jpgP1040920The Speaker of the House, presumably, speeding through the Stonetown traffic en route to deliver a stirring oration. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eaz-80s-08_znz-838_r_vb2013.jpg(EAZ 80s-08)_ZNZ 838_r_VB2013One of the world's rarest plate sights............https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eaz-08_z-313-ex_vb2013.jpg(EAZ 08~)_Z 313 EX_VB2013EX is the latest serial to be issued (Nov. 2013) All vehicle types use the same series, but the plate colour changes according to the vehicle use - Private (all vehicle types) Taxi, Tourist Taxi, Cargo/public carrier.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eaz-08txi_z-471-dp_cu_vb2013.jpg(EAZ 08~)(txi)_Z 471 DP_cu_VB2013Normal taxis can be rather decrepit and receive these white on red alloy plates since 2008. Newer, safer cabs use the same red background, buth with yellow digits,https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eaz-08txi-tourist_z-08-729-en_cu_vb2013.jpg(EAZ 08~)(txi tourist)_Z 08~ 729 EN_cu_VB2013Tourist Taxi using yellow on red pressed plates.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eaz-08mc_z-08-977-da_cf_vb2013_exposure.jpg(EAZ 08~)(mc)_Z 08~ 977 DA_cf_VB2013_exposureMotorcycle front plate in pressed alloy, for bikes which have somewhere to mount a long plate. Otherwise, they use an adhesive sticker plate.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eaz-08mc_sample_z-978-cn_vb2013.jpg(EAZ 08~)(mc)_sample_Z 978 CN_VB2013The adhesive plates are particularly useful for the many Vespa scooters which are found on Zanzibar, and mount on the front apron.2013-11-14T11:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/06/18/diplomatic-fantasies/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/f-echte-kz-2013-05-19-2.jpgF echte Kz. 2013-05-19 (2)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/f-p-diplo-wien-4-dez-2008.jpgF + P Diplo Wien 4., Dez. 2008https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/f-diplo-unklar-2-2012-12-171.jpgF Diplo unklar (2) 2012-12-172013-09-19T11:36:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/09/29/unknown-africans/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sn160-78ti_1it1566_comp_vb1970s.jpg(SN1)(60-78)(ti)_1IT1566_comp_VB1970shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/rn1ti_1645itrn_comp_vb.jpg(RN1)(ti)_1645ITRN_comp_VBhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/rmm1ti_itrm2342_vb1973.jpg(RMM1)(ti)_ITRM2342_VB1973https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ftah1ti_ccit4_compf_vb1962c_resize.jpg(F)(Tah1)(ti)_CCIT4_compf_VB1962c_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/drc3zrti-80_it0829_comp_vbrr.jpg(DRC3)(ZR)(ti)(-80)_IT0829_comp_VBrr2015-08-27T01:21:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/07/23/sailing-st-helena/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fi3-1986-f111d-tr141.jpg(FI3)-1986-F111D-TR(141)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fi3_f475g_fvbmo.jpg(FI3)_F475G_fVBmohttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sh31-235_vbjulian2013.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sh31-90_vbjulian2013.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sh31gv-shg-104_vbcw2013.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sh31-26_comp_vb1980s.jpg(SH'31)-26_comp_VB1980shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sh31-3025_vbjulian2013-2_resize.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sh31-1828_r_vbjulian2013_resize.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sh31-1828_c_vbjulian2013_resize.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sh31-744_c_vbjulian2013_resize.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-07-23T22:36:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/06/04/spotting-notes-from-1965/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/yu4cd60s_cd-70-20_v2b.jpg(YU4)(cd60s)_CD-70-20_V2BQuiz plate - DID YU have a CD system like this??? Brumby archive2013-07-19T10:11:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/12/01/the-things-they-tell-us/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/images.jpgimagesA cropped 1970 Alabama using a characteristic dash separator and font, identical to the queried Afghan. Query solved!https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cropped-alabama-re-afg.jpgcropped Alabama re AFGcropped Alabama re AFG.jpg2013-07-09T19:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/03/25/news-from-sarawak/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/malsk4a_qappair_vb2011.jpg(MAL)(SK4a)_QAPpair_VB2011https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/malsk4a_qtb5326_vb2011.jpg(MAL)(SK4a)_QTB5326_VB2011QTB 5326 was new in March 2011 - Kuching.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p1030090.jpgP1030090I may be behind on developments in Kuching, Sarawak, but I am surprised to see this apparent development in their system, in the addition of a suffix serial - and already at letter 'C'! A is for Kuching, the capital; it is unlikely to to have spread to the other registration centres yet, I imagine.... VB in Kuala Lumpur 25/3/20132013-06-25T14:37:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/06/15/old-german-district-codes-in-use-again/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_7342.jpgDSC_7342https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d_07_feuerscheid2.jpgD_07_Feuerscheid2https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d_07_feuerscheid1.jpgD_07_Feuerscheid12013-06-18T12:29:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/04/04/muscat-and-oman-1960s/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/om370s-86_12814_tg.jpg(OM3)(70s-86)_12814_TGAnother private vehicle issue from the 1970s, caprured by EU9, Terry Gray.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/om1muscat_667_comp_vb1964_resize1.jpg(OM1)(Muscat)_667_comp_VB1964_resizeMuscat 667 was captured in Fulham, London, in Spring, 1965, having been imported to Britain, and given a dedicated* used-import re-registration, DYU 24 C. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/adn1_adn-3748_cu-anon2-9147.jpg(ADN1)_ADN 3748_cu anon2 9147https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/adn1_adn-3748_anon2-9147.jpg(ADN1)_ADN 3748_anon2 9147car 3758 lies in ruins after a local spat, circa 1951https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/adn1_adn-1238_1930.jpg(ADN1)_ADN 1238_1930A 1920s picture of transport old and new. It is JUST possible to read the small ADN.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/omrh_209_c_mas2010.jpg(OM)(rh)_209_c_Mas2010Thought to be a royal household plate of some sort, the shot was taken by non-member André Mas in a 2010 visit to the country.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/om3_810_cu_vbpl.jpg(OM3)_810_cu_VBpl810 - the yellow variant.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/om2_15537_cu_vbpl.jpg(OM2)_15537_cu_VBplThe above series was replaced by simple pressed plates on to soft alloy sheet, in white on black, about 1973. Later the colours changed to black on yellow. https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/afg2of_wardak-1_comp_vb1965_resize.jpg(AFG2)(of)_Wardak 1_comp_VB1965_resizeThe same Land Rover model I was attempting to drive to Australia, left England emblazoned with a few of my more colourful plates, including a Cameroun diplomatic a Kuwaiti cast-alloy and a blue Hungarian DT diplomatic. Netherlands Customs soon put a stop to that, though I was allowed to keep the AUS oval. Here it is in Kandahar with the very kindly mayor and his official car, and International Scout 4wd. Bhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/afg2txi_t-6469-kbl_comp_vb1965_resize.jpg(AFG2)(txi)_T 6469 Kbl_comp_VB1965_resizeKabul Taxi 6469 which had driven from Oman via London to Kabul to become Kabul's toughest taxi. Brumby archive.2013-06-12T23:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/05/30/cryptic-plate-at-gumball3000/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5590.jpgIMG_5590https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5588.jpgIMG_5588https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5574.jpgIMG_5574https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5591.jpgIMG_55912018-12-13T14:56:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/12/fancy-a-chinese/2013-05-23T14:55:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/19/cd-symbol-on-chinese-and-taiwanese-plates/2013-05-23T14:45:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/04/08/djibouti/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dji370scmd-prc_15cmd1-jf-ex-it-1989_resize.jpg(DJI3)('70s)(cmd-PRC)_15CMD1-JF ex IT 1989_resizeBut member Ivan 'Nip' Thornley saw an Austin 1800 in Northamptonshire in the 1970s, carrying handsome, British-made, Djibouti, CD plates, 15 CMD 1 ! Nowadays embassy 15 is China, and I doubt whether GB has any diplomatic link with Djibouti. I would seem from this photo that once, 15 had been for GB. Thornley archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dji264_271d4_compwee_vb1965_resize.jpg(DJI2)('64)_271D4_compwee_VB1965_resizeThe only Djibouti ever seen by the writer was this little NSU Prinz coupe, in London in the early 1960s, the '4' in its registration probably indicating 1964 validity.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dji2gv_e43_comp_masplvb.jpg(DJI2)(gv)_E43_comp_MasplvbThe restored Citroen, registered in Belgium; with the unique DJI oval. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dji2exp_729tt_cu_masplvb.jpg(DJI2)(exp)_729TT_cu_MasplVBhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dji269_849d9_cu_vbpl.jpg(DJI2)('69)_849D9_cu_VBplhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dji-dsc_0167.jpg(DJI) DSC_01672013-05-21T10:36:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/08/siam-until-1955-then-thailand/2013-05-06T03:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/04/09/a-private-collection/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wan1_ws9567_cu_vbpl1970s.jpg(WAN1)_WS9567_cu_VBPl1970sA Nigerian pre-1976 plate from Sapele, which look s as if it might have some history... Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/drc2cb_c23938_cu_alpca.jpg(DRC2)(CB)_C23938_cu_AlpcaA Mk1 Ford Zephyr visited a pleasure park in our home town in 1960 carrying these colonial-era Belgian Congo plates. The owner offered to snd the plates to Nip Thornley and the writer when he changed to new English plates imminently. - and so he did, bless him! They were simply stencilled on to mild steel sheet and for the first few years of ownership, we didn't take note that they were rusting away! Eventually, to my horror, Nip took a paintbrush to his plate and refurbished it, with none of the skills of the Italian or Dutch Masters.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/drccb_c-23938_c_vbpl1960s.jpg(DRC)(CB)_C 23938_c_VBpl1960sMy plate was left in it's original state, but deteriorating steadily. One day after about 40 years, I realised that there remained not one single speck of paint on my rusty tin sheet. Now only I know that I once had a Belgian Congo plate! This photo was taken after only 15 years, and one can almost see the registration C23938 (C was for Léopoldville, named for the eccentric King Léopold to whom the vast country had personally belonged.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cnv00019.jpgCNV00019https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rmm1ti_itrm0795_cu_vbpl.jpg(RMM1)(ti)_ITRM0795_cu_VBplhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rwa1_a7247_cu_vbpl.jpg(RWA1)_A7247_cu_VBplhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kat_650c_cu_vb.jpg(KAT)_650C_cu_VBA Fiat 600 appeared in Kensington circa 1963, carrying Katanga plates and a properly-manufactured KAT oval. It re-registered before long, and the kindly owner gave me one plate, 650 C, which of course, I still have.2013-05-01T16:13:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/04/19/singapore-checkover/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sgp3ubin_pu-104-j_cuf_vb2013.jpg(SGP3)(Ubin)_PU 104 J_cuf_VB2013https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/680224-3-_4532tt25-at-docks_resize.jpg680224 3 _4532TT25 at docks_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sgprtl_sz-1779_vb1968_resize.jpg(SGP)(rtl)_SZ 1779_VB1968_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sgp2rtl_sz-1784_vb1968.jpg(SGP2)(rtl)_SZ 1784_VB1968Here is SZ (Singapore Rental-Hire) carried on a new Toyota in 1968, seen at Singapore docks. Brumby archive 1968https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sgp3rtl_sza-8-r_vb-2013.jpg(SGP3)(rtl)_SZA 8 R_VB 2013We have believed that the special series for hire cars, SZ and SZA, had been long abandoned. But now e find SZA 8 R, from the current series on a chauffeur-driven/livery Mercedes, outside the Copthorne Waterfront hotel. When questioned the driver claimed it was just a standard plate issued alphabetically in the normal series, but we know that Singapore is nowhere near 'S' inits alpha issue. So perhaps there are a few (note this is only car 8) special-category registrations continuing to use the SZ prefix. This was the only example seen. (Brumby archive 2013)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mal0ss_p64n_vb1924_resize.jpg(MAL0)(SS)_P64n_VB1924_resize...and to conclude, another elegant car from another of the Straits Settlements, Penang no. 64n, the car of the Chief of Police there in the early 1900s. June Bennetthttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sgp10-49c1911_s-8_vbdf2012.jpg(SGP1)(0-'49)(c1911)_S-8_VBdf2012S-8, among the very first automobiles to reach the Straits Settlement of Singapore, in 1911. anon.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sgp3hgv4w-haz-cgo_ym-942-s_cuf_vb.jpg(SGP3)(hgv4w-haz.cgo)_YM 942 S_cuf_VBAnother unusual SGP variant is the recently-adopted orange background to distinguish lorries wh.ich carry hazardous cargo, such as fuel and chemicals. These cannot enter tunnels and need to advise police and fire when they need to access certain zones of the island. The Y starter letter tells us that the truck exceeds 3 tonnes unladen; the M is serial. Brumby archive.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sgp3ubin_pu-4-p_vb2013_resize.jpg(SGP3)(Ubin)_PU 4 P_VB2013_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sgp3ubin_pu-130-h_cu_vb2013_resize.jpg(SGP3)(Ubin)_PU 130 H_cu_VB2013_resizePU 130 H is just seven off the highest number on Pulau Ubin, the. latest minibus being PU 137. Note that all the plates are properly made, even though this island is quite primitive.... Brumby archive2018-12-13T17:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/03/20/more-on-the-france-it-and-tt-issues/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/d5exp51-88_818z9349_vb1960s_resize.jpg(D5)(exp)(51-88)_818Z9349_VB1960s_resizeGERMANY - Export Customs (Zoll) oval plate . This once-common Z-plate series was issued between 1951 & 1988 as tend of thousands of German cars were collected for export. 818 Z-9348 was seen in London in 1960. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/f3exp55-84_137tt73_comp_vb2003_resize.jpg(F3)(exp55-84)_137TT73_comp_VB2003_resizeFRANCE. TT=Titulaire Temporaire or Transit Temporaire?? 73 is from Savoie, seen in Ste. Maxime circa 2005, and seems oddly old for that time, as this series ran 1955-84. False plate? Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mc5exp06_tt51_comp_vb_resize.jpg(MC5)(exp'06)_TT51_comp_VB_resizeMonaco TT 51 Export again, in the later style reflective etc. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mc3exp75_145tt_comp_vb1975_resize.jpg(MC3)(exp'75)_145TT_comp_VB1975_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ch0tax75_vd6018z_cu_vbdf_resize.jpg(CH)(0tax75)_VD6018Z_cu_VBdf_resizeSwitzerland. 1975 Export Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/l3exp78_616_cu_vb.jpg(L3)(exp78)_616_cu_VBLuxembourg 1978 Export 616. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fl1exp63_fl9043z_vb_resize.jpg(FL1)(exp63)_FL9043Z_VB_resizeLichtenstein - Export 1963 - FL 9043 Z. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sfexp94_g405_cu_vb.jpg(SF)(exp94)_G405_cu_VBFINLAND Export Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/e2exp_t4361bbc_comp_vb_resize.jpg(E2)(exp)_T4361BBC_comp_VB_resizeSpain - Export 2004 T 4361 BBC Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/rsm7tt_e-0790_cu_itvb.jpg(RSM7)(tt)_E 0790_cu_ITvbSan Marino - Export 1992. Thornley album2014-11-17T21:28:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/09/quiz-january-2013/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/anon_m-3139_jpvb.jpg(Anon)_M-3139_JPvbJanuary quiz M-31392013-04-20T11:21:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/09/27/which-argentine-series-is-it/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ra4exp_1037090_c_vb1960s.jpg(RA4)(exp)_1037090_c_VB1960shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ra4_135919_comp_vb.jpg(RA4)_135919_comp_VBCordoba-registered VW in London in 1968.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ra2_p155_cu_vbpl.jpg(RA2)_P155_cu_VBpl1929 enamel plate from Argentina (VB collection)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ra5dlr_02722_comp_vb.jpg(RA5)(dlr)_02722_comp_VBArgentine Dealer plate on locally-built Fiathttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ra5mc_309_comp_vb_resize1.jpg(RA5)(mc)_309_comp_VB_resizeUnknown RA m/chttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ra5mc_309_comp_vb_resize.jpg(RA5)(mc)_309_comp_VB_resize2013-04-20T11:18:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/07/06/qatar-camels-to-maclarens/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/qrhlong_177_cr_vb-2012.jpg(Q)(rh)(long)_177_cr_VB 2012https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p1070111_resize1.jpgP1070111_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/q_111_vb.jpg(Q)_111_VBhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/qrhlong_177_vb2012_resize.jpg(Q)(rh)(long)_177_VB2012_resizeThe F1 Maclaren centre-steer road racer.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/usaill12_nip-on-patrol_vb.jpg(USA)(Ill12)_Nip on patrol_VBNip (Ivan Thornley) on Patrol - year 512024-04-13T13:31:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/07/10/ref-confuse-a-spotter/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cyn397_ay255_vbmo_resize.jpgKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAIn Turkish Northern Cyprus, AY 255 is captured by Mike Oldham for Vic Brumby in 2008. This could just as easily be a Republic of Cyprus plate - or Alderney - or Hong Kong - or Mauritius - or...... Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2008_0824_152216.jpg2008_0824_1522162014-08-16T17:30:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/10/03/saudi-special-in-london-sept-2011/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ksa7rh_ttt94_vbsophia2011-2_resize.jpg(KSA7)(rh)_TTT94_VBSophia2011 (2)_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ksa7rh_ttt94_vbsophia2011-2.jpg(KSA7)(rh)_TTT94_VBSophia2011 (2)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ksarh_ttt94_vbsophia20111.jpg(KSA)(rh)_TTT94_VBSophia20112013-04-20T10:18:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/10/13/more-mystery/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cd_bh423h12cd_comp_vb_resize1.jpg()(cd)_BH423H12CD_comp_VB_resizeBH-423-H-12-CD What is it?? Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cd_bh423h12cd_comp_vb_resize.jpg()(cd)_BH423H12CD_comp_VB_resizeAny thoughts other than Burundi?2013-04-20T09:53:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/12/14/zambia-re-plating/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/z129-64nr_ea-7936_vbweb.jpg(Z1)(29-64)(NR)_EA 7936_VBwebContemporary Lusaka motor-sportsmen with their Triumph TR4s on EA (Lusaka) plates.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/z129-64nr_eu-1850_vbweb.jpg(Z1)(29-64)(NR)_EU 1850_VBweb1950s Ndola District re-made in current style. 2013-04-18T04:20:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/02/03/current-st-lucia/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wl1_2900_comp_vb.jpg(WL1)_2900_comp_VBThe only known WL oval on-car, in London 1970s. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wlcc_748_vbrk2013.jpg(WL)(cc)_748_VBrk2013https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wlcd_cd-1_vbrk2013.jpg(WL)(cd)_CD 1_VBrk2013St. Lucia - British H.C. 2013. CD 1.2013-04-18T04:17:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/25/john-grabham-saw/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vnu2cd3-qt_80qt54606_vb2008.jpg(VNu2)(cd3-qt)_80QT54606_VB2008QT - Unidentified type in Saigon, 2008.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vns156-76cd-ndes_t28122_cu_rkvb.jpg(VNs1)(56-76)(cd-ndes)_T28122_cu_RKvbThe 'T' variant on 1970s Vietnam diplos.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vn2s-75cd_ng0942_vb.jpg(VN2s)(-75)(cd)_NG0942_VBNG.0942 came from Saigon embassy 09 or 42!https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vn154-60s_nbm222_comp_vb1958_vb.jpg(VN1)(54-60s)_NBM222_comp_VB1958_VB1957 North Viet Nam seen in France.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vns156-76cd-gb_y10037_vbmb1970s.jpg(VNs1)(56-76)(cd-GB)_Y10037_VBmb1970sLater unknown CD or semi-CD type, using Y or T and five numerals.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vns156-76cd_ng1249_jgvb.jpg(VNs1)(56-76)(cd)_NG1249_JGvbSunbeam car from the British embassy in Saigon, seen in Cardiff, Wales. John Grabham.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bur3oos_ri1838_jgvb.jpg(BUR3)(oos)_RI1838_JGvbA Land Rover seen in the 1970s. A painted Rangoon 11838 translation plate had been added for travel outside Burma.2013-06-23T11:26:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/03/17/unknown-plate-in-sabah/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/malunknown_fd02196_c_vb2010_resize_resize.jpg(MAL)(Unknown)_FD02196_c_VB2010_resize_resizeFD 01 2195 unidentified in Sabah 2010https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/malunknown_fd01266_vb2010.jpg(MAL)(Unknown)_FD01266_VB2010A Malaysian conundrum.2023-10-12T14:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/12/maroc-tangiers-mt/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mt23-56cd-t50-ks.jpg(MT)(23-56)(cd)-T50-KSAn early Tangiers number T 50, used by a diplomathttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mt23-56cd-t11259-mv.jpg(MT)(23-56)(cd)-T11259-MVT 11259 from the MV archive.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mt_t-4145_jp1950s-vb.jpg(MT)_T-4145_JP1950s vbDaimler(?) T-4145 from Tangiers, in Oxford durin 1947.2015-08-17T02:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/03/23/1965-chad-citroen-2cv/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/tch167-83_0390a07_vb-vanrijn19651.jpg(TCH1)(67-83)_0390A07_VB vanRijn19652013-04-16T13:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/25/pemberton-on-libya/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sudan-20s-58et-blue-nile_bn-1627_csks.jpg(Sudan 20s-58)(ET).Blue Nile_BN 1627_csKShttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lar255-62_lt21331_comp_vb1962.jpg(LAR2)(55-62)_LT21331_comp_VB1962https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lar255-62_lb-11673_flickr1960s.jpg(LAR2)(55-62)_LB 11673_Flickr1960shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lar2-bn-1089_jp1950svb.jpg(LAR2)-BN 1089_JP1950svbA Morris Minor Tourer from Benghazi circa 1951. BN 1089. (JP)https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lar1_libia-t-5829_jpvb.jpg(LAR1)_LIBIA T.5829_JPvbLIBIA T.5829 circa 1950.2013-04-16T13:32:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/19/french-possessions-in-the-1940s/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fcd_42-1-cd_jpvb.jpg(F)(cd)_42-1-CD_JPvbOdd French diplomatic, 1940s-50s.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ma_1356-ma-15_jp1940svb.jpg(MA)_1356 MA 15_JP1940svb1356 MA 15 in Oxford, 1940s/50shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sn_7081-1-a_jpvb.jpg(SN)_7081 1.A_JPvba 1949 Austin Devon from Senegal, 7081 1.A2016-03-02T15:29:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/21/768/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/br_p-17-36_jp1938vb.jpg(BR)_P.17-36_JP1938vbAn odd Brazilian, 1938, Oxford..2013-05-23T16:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/14/taiwan-cd/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/rc_12_taipei43b.jpgRC_12_Taipei43Bhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/rc_12_taipei53.jpgRC_12_Taipei53https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/rc_12_taipei43.jpgRC_12_Taipei43https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/rc_12_taipei42.jpgRC_12_Taipei42https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/rc_12_taipei32a.jpgRC_12_Taipei32ahttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nicaragua-flag.gifnicaragua-flag2013-04-14T13:51:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/22/trieste-1950/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/i_sv-4740_jp1939vb.jpg(I)_SV.4740_JP1939vbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/i_mi-94279_jp1940vb.jpg(I)_MI.94279_JP1940vbFiat 500 'Mouse' cabriolet behind two Swedish cars in Park Lane, London, early 1940s.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/i_ts-10333_pbvb.jpg(I)_TS 10333_PBvbTrieste international zone seen in Britain c. 1950. Austin A70 reg. TS 10333.2013-12-14T14:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/12/06/162/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/zamil_r2390v_comp_vb_resize.jpg(ZA)(mil)_R2390V_comp_VB_resizeZA army towed gun2013-04-12T21:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/02/17/west-africa-gold-coastghana/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gh2_gt-7181-p_comp_vb.jpg(GH2)_GT 7181 P_comp_VBFinally, a current Ghanaian vehicle, seen in Italy, in 2003. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gh1_wr290_rw1960vb.jpg(GH1)_WR290_RW1960vbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gh1_sg1267_vb1960s.jpg(GH1)_SG1267_VB1960shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ghwac40s_ah1274_c_placamundi.jpg(GH)(WAC'40s)_AH1274_c_Placamundihttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ghwac_plo357_vb1950s.jpg(GH)(WAC)_PLO357_VB1950shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ghwac_cp7045_rw1965vb.jpg(GH)(WAC)_CP7045_RW1965vbCP 7045 was from Central Region (Cape Coast). (Reg Wilson archive)2013-04-12T20:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/04/07/anguilla-eel-island-br-windward-is/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ang1_a-18_comp_vb1981_resize.jpg(ANG1)_A.18_comp_VB1981_resizeA.18, which would have first been issued in about 1915, is seen on a then-modern Japanese Datsun 120Y, indicating that Anguilla registrations were re-issued when voided. See also A 14. The 'A' series had reached the 1400s in Dec. 1981.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ang1_a-14_comp_vb1981.jpg(ANG1)_A 14_comp_VB1981These BMC Farina Austins and Morrises were shipped all over the world and stood up well to tough conditions, often as taxis. This one was approaching its end of its life at the petrol pump in The Valley, the main settlement. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ang-tax-disc_p-1641_cu_vb-2011-wee.jpgANG tax disc_P 1641_cu_VB 2011 weeThe most up-to-date systems have been introduced to control the few registrations which exist on this tiny, quiet, low-lying isle.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ang2_p-1641_vb2011-2_resize.jpg(ANG2)_P 1641_VB2011.2_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ang2_p1641_vb2011-5.jpg(ANG2)_P1641_VB2011.5The Porsche 940 V-8, perhaps the most unlikely candidate for use on a sandbank.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ang2_p1641_vb2011-3.jpg(ANG2)_P1641_VB2011.3Though not allocated an international oval, Anguilla is coded on the International List and this owner has taken that for his oval. Keen chap.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ang2_p1641_cu_vb2011.jpg(ANG2)_P1641_cu_VB2011Snazzy modern design to replace one of the world's simplest commenced in 1997. P1641 represents the Private vehicle taxation class, which are azure blue, black and white.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ang_a1216_vb1981wee.jpg(ANG)_A1216_VB1981weea typical painted woden plates on a Morris Marina, the worst British car ever made.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ang_a14_comp_vb1981.jpg(ANG)_A14_comp_VB1981https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/angrtl_a521r_comp_vb1981.jpg(ANG)(rtl)_A521R_comp_VB1981Hire cars used their normal A registration, with an 'R' suffix (Rental). This plate was probably made up over the water in French St. Martin, which is visible from Anguilla across the channel.2013-09-19T11:41:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/02/02/portuguese-west-africa/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ang30taxat-mine-menongue-dumbo-road-2_resize.jpg(ANG3)(0tax)AT mine Menongue-Dumbo Road 2_resizeWe can get an idea of mine-clearance from these photos from 2008.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ang30taxkk-menongue-cc-mines-removed_resize.jpg(ANG3)(0tax)KK.Menongue-CC mines removed_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ang4_ld-17-12-ae_comp_vbpr_resize.jpg(ANG4)_LD-17-12-AE_comp_VBpr_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ang30tax_vario_vbpr.jpg(ANG3)(0tax)_vario_VBprhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ang30tax_ldi-42-55_comp_vbpr.jpg(ANG3)(0tax)_LDI-42-55_comp_VBprhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/angpan1_l-7234_pb1940s-vb2.jpg(ANG)(PAN1)_L-7234_PB1940s vb2March 2013. This is the remarkable result of special editing by Antonio Barragan of Placamundi. He thus brings to light an image of a very rare plate indeed - L-7234 Angola. Pemberton archive.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ang30taxkk-menongue-longa-road_resize.jpg(ANG3)(0tax)KK.Menongue-Longa road_resizeAngolan Autoroute A1.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ang30tax_ldi4255_comp_vbpr.jpg(ANG3)(0tax)_LDI4255_comp_VBprdesigned to dispel explosions under the truck, these specialist vehicles are given duty-free import status during their project.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pan_l-7234_pb1940s-vb.jpg(PAN)_L 7234_PB1940s vbL 7234 from Luanda in 1940s London. No international oval, but a cast-alloy AM} ANGOLA surmounts the plate.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ang2pang_aad7012_vb197606.jpg(ANG2)(PAng)_AAD7012_VB197606a 1976 escapee from the civil war, gat his car to Paris. Regional code A was for Luanda, the capital.2013-04-10T12:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/04/07/ras-al-khaima/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/uaerakrh94_35_vb1994.jpg(UAE)(RAK)(rh'94)_35_VB1994A 1994 visit found so-called royal household cars all over the place and as they are picturesque, they probably justify another airing. Prince no. 35 stopping for a Coke and a diamond head-dress.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rak-royal-gold-frontcmps_resize.jpgRAK royal gold frontCMPS_resizeCedric Sabine's archive brings the genre forward 50 years, with a current RAK royal plate, carried on a Cadillac.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rak-royal-1960svb-photo-turkey-1968_resize.jpgRAK royal 1960sVB (photo Turkey 1968)_resizeRAK 20 seen in Turkey in 1968. Red/white indicates a 'royal household' issue. Brumby archive2013-04-09T13:30:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/10/15/zanzibar/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/eaz9txi-tourist_z889aw_c_vbcag2012_resize_resize.jpg(EAZ9)(txi-tourist)_Z889AW_c_VBCag2012_resize_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/eazsi_r_c_vbplumb_resize.jpg(EAZ)(si)_R_c_VBplumb_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/eazsi_r_wee_vbplumb.jpg(EAZ)(si)_R_wee_VBplumb2013-04-04T22:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/04/04/adens-indian-period/2013-04-04T13:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/02/21/east-africa-tanganyika/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gb5exp-hdes_c311-bhx-jw.jpg(GB5)(exp-hdes)_C311 BHX-JWHDES with red border to reflective plates. JW archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/irl1exp_zz7026_comp_vb1969.jpg(IRL1)(exp)_ZZ7026_comp_VB1969ZZ allocated to new cars of any make, bought in Ireland for export, was an unusual and uncommon issue. London 1969. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nep1_26_comp_vb1962_resize1.jpg(NEP1)_26_comp_VB1962_resizeIt took a two-kilometre chase on foor in heavy traffic to get this photo of the olnyNepali EU38 ever saw in England in 1962. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/er2_er22944_comp_vb1963_resize.jpg(ER2)_ER22944_comp_VB1963_resizeER.22944 was seen in 1963 on an Austin A30 c.1954. Never another seen, anywhere. Brumby archive.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nep1_26_comp_vb1962_resize.jpg(NEP1)_26_comp_VB1962_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/adn3_l5993_vb1963.jpg(ADN3)_L5993_VB1963Aden must have been one of the hottest, dustiest, dreariest postings for a soldier in the British services, However, there probably aren't any Jaguars driving round out there in 2013, so times must have been easier then, s we see a Mk.2 2.4 returned to London after a rece Most unusually, L 5993 has an arabic translation as part of the plate design, never seen before or sinve. nt posting there. https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/td_pb-1118_-jpvb1.jpg(TD)_PB 1118_ JPvbJP captured this 1950 Humber Hawk, home to England from Trinidadhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ind_bmy-7797_jpvb.jpg(IND)_BMY 7797_JPvbA rare sight indeed, then and now - India plates in Britain, circa 1948, on an American 'tank'. Pemberton archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/malsk2a60s-91_ka3848_vb1960s.jpg(MAL)(SK2a)(60s-91)_KA3848_VB1960sThe only Sarawak plate ever seen in England by VWB, this Simca 1100 was from Kuching district in 1965 London. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mal1a_jb513-newscan_vb196x.jpg(MAL1a)_JB513 newscan_VB196xis VW Kombi came ro live in Earls Court during the 1960s, It was registered JB 513 in Johore state, Malaya and showed a PTM oval to rear. Brumby archive2018-01-04T17:48:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/12/07/confuse-a-spotter/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ftah273-6_p8825p_cu1_vb2002.jpg(F)(Tah2)('73-6)_P8825P_cu1_VB2002P 8825 - Similarly , French Tahiti sometimes used British-style plates for the original series of up to four numerals followed by a 'P' for Privé. VB photo in Papeete, 2002.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/z138-60nr_p1106_rw1961vb.jpg(Z1)(38-60)(NR)_P1106_RW1961vbNorthern Rhodesia allocated 'P' code to Lusaka and Mumbwa and Reg Wilson capured P 1106 in Britain in 1961.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wv1_p2277_vb1969.jpg(WV1)_P2277_VB1969St. Vincent, the rarest of the W set of Windward Islands, seen in London in 1969, and still the only one ever. The owner had to be stopped and asked, to learn the island of source. Peugeot 404 - Brumby archive.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tt1psvre-iss_p6000_vb.jpg(TT1)(psv)(re-iss)_P6000_VBTrinidad used up to P 9999 long ago, but still re-issue as cherished plates if needed. That's what this one is. P 6000, taken there in 1987 by VB.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ms250s-70sptv-txi_p135_comp_vb.jpg(MS2)(50s-70s)(ptv-txi)_P135_comp_VBP 135 is from distant Mauritius, where the white background shows it to be a taxi - a Hillman Minx, shot by VB in Port Louis, 1980s.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mal1_p5373_r_vbdf2010.jpg(MAL1)_P5373_r_VBdf2010P 5373 was issued to Penang as a Straits Settlement in Malaya in the1920s - and this Ford Anglia was photographed there as recently as 2012!https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kn2_p335_comp_vb1980.jpg(K&N2)_P335_comp_VB1980St. Kitts & Nevis went on to P and numbers, when it had exhausted its original CN prefix (Christopher & Nevis) 1980 picture by Vic Brumby on St. Kitts.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/indf39-p1452-pondicherrytbh.jpg(IND)(F)('39-)-P1452 PondicherryTBHFrance kept the enclaves of Pondichery and Karikal in Madras State, South India, tagging the vehicles there in the P and K series. This Cadillac P 1452 has survived the obligatory change to white Indian plates, when this photo was taken. Thanks to Cedric Sabine.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ber1_p5421_cu_nsmvb.jpg(BER1)_P5421_cu_NSMvbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ber1mc_p1396-1943.jpg(BER1)(mc)_P1396-1943Bermuda is not far away, though not in the West Indies, and used the same P system. The motorbike shows P 1936 and was photo'd in the early 1950s.2013-07-08T21:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/03/17/antigua-barbuda-dealer/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ag3gv-mp_mp216_cu_vb2012_resize.jpg(AG3)(gv-mp)_MP216_cu_VB2012_resizeAntigua Member of Parliamenthttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ag2gv_g174_vb1.jpg(AG2)(gv)_G174_VBAntigua Government vehicle, pre-2000, with stylised digits.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ag3gv-snr-_gv63_cu_vb2012_resize.jpg(AG3)(gv-snr.)_GV63_cu_VB2012_resizeAntigua Government personnel from 2000, pictured 2012.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ag-2012-tax-disc_vb.jpg(AG) 2012 tax disc_VBAntigua tax disc 2012https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ag2a_pa8385_cur_vb20121.jpg(AG2a)_PA8385_cur_VB2012https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ag3commem_cwc028_cu_vbplate2012jpg_resize.jpg(AG3)(commem)_CWC028_cu_VBplate2012jpg_resizeCricket World Cup Commemorative 2007.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ag3dlr2012_1_cu_vb2012_resize.jpg(AG3)(dlr2012)_1_cu_VB2012_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ag3dlr2011_dllr2_cu_vb2012_resize.jpg(AG3)(dlr2011)_DLLR2_cu_VB2012_resizeAntigua Dealer during the 2000s - Land Rover agencyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ag1dlr_asm3_cu_vb19811.jpg(AG1)(dlr)_ASM3_cu_VB19812013-03-26T05:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/07/06/canada-odd-pre-war-quebec-bus-plate/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cdnont54cgo_c-331_comp_vbom.jpg(CDN)(Ont54)(cgo)_c 331_comp_VBOMhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cdnq71_4b5204_cu_vb1971.jpg(CDN)(Q71)_4B5204_cu_VB1971https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cdnont71_68-5253j-hayes-plates_vbsh1971_resize2.jpg(CDN)(Ont71)_68 52&53J-Hayes plates_VBsh1971_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cdnq71_4b5204_vb1971.jpg(CDN)(Q71)_4B5204_VB1971https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cdnont71_68-5253j-hayes-plates_vbsh1971_resize1.jpg(CDN)(Ont71)_68 52&53J-Hayes plates_VBsh1971_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cdnont71_68-5253j-hayes-plates_vbsh1971_resize.jpg(CDN)(Ont71)_68 52&53J-Hayes plates_VBsh1971_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cdnq33_x379_comp_vbom95.jpg(CDN)(Q33)_X379_comp_VBOM952013-03-26T05:14:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/25/swiss-visits-to-london-and-oxford/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ch_be-4646_jpvb3.jpg(CH)_BE 4646_JPvbBerne Citroen Light Fifteen, 1940s London. JPhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/chmc_zg-239_jpvb1.jpg(CH)(mc)_ZG 239_JPvbZG 239 motorcycle from Zug in Oxford 1940s, see by John Pembertonhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ch_sg-7543_jpvb.jpg(CH)_SG 7543_JPvbBritish Ford Eight - noisy, slow and bumpy.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ch_ge-16479_jp1930svb.jpg(CH)_GE 16479_JP1930svbA real old-timer - possibly 1938 in Oxford.2013-03-26T05:13:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/09/27/all-the-same/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/i694-99_ad-639-fx_cu_vb.jpg(I6)(94-99)_AD 639 FX_cu_VBItaliahttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/gui4_am624ax_cuf_vb2012_resize.jpg(Gui4)_AM624AX_cuf_VB2012_resizeFrench Guianahttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/f4_aa-374-ac_cuf_vb_resize.jpg(F4)_AA 374 AC_cuf_VB_resizeFrancehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/al_aa-441df_cu_vb2012.jpg(AL)_AA 441DF_cu_VB2012Albania2013-03-26T04:54:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/24/out-of-date-czechs/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/czcsdlr_a0917_comp_vb1.jpg(CZ)(CS)(dlr)_A0917_comp_VBIt was a rare sight to see a Skoda ai London in 1964, using Dealer plates. A 09-17 photo by Vic Brumby.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cs41945-9_p-14873_jp1940svb.jpg(CS4)(1945-9)_P-14873_JP1940svbP-14873https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cs41945-9_m-0l-132_pb1940svb.jpg(CS4)(1945-9)_M-0L-132_PB1940svbM-OL-132https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cs21932-8_p-60-298_jp1939vb.jpg(CS2)(1932-8)_P-60.298_JP1939vbP-60-298 (what is this car??)2013-03-21T11:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/12/06/southern-africa-historic/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/z1nr_k-2440_jpvb.jpg(Z1)(NR)_K 2440_JPvbK 2440 is the Lusaka code in the former Northern Rhodesia which became Zambia upon independence in 1964. Unknown car. Pemberton archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/zw2add-60sr_ra-790_skatie-fourie.jpg(ZW2a)(dd-60)(SR)_RA 790_Skatie FourieRA 790. A & RA = Belingwe & Shabani (now Mberengwa) in Zimbabwe. Peugeot 404.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/china-1927_808_jg-pathc3a9.jpgChina 1927_808_JG PathéChina 1928, reg. 808https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/auswa2_4140_comp_vb_resize.jpg(AUS)(WA2)_4140_comp_VB_resizeNumeric-only WA 414https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/y124-jf.jpgY124-JFhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/zatv1_465_comp_vb_resize.jpg(ZA)(Tv1)_465_comp_VB_resize465 is a Transvaal issue 1900-1910 approx.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/zw10-28sr_483_vbweb.jpg(ZW1)(0-28)(SR)_483_VBwebSouthern Rhodesia registration 483, estimated 1905https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/zw260-71rsrgv_gtpw-52_vbweb2004.jpg(ZW2)(60-71)(RSR)(gv)_GTPW 52_VBweb2004G/T PW=Govt. Passenger car -Weehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/z1nr_l-219_vbweb1956.jpg(Z1)()(NR)_L 219_VBweb1956L=Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia in 1956.2014-10-13T12:33:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/25/swazi-latest-series-plus/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/za1ntl1_nu-212_jp1940svb.jpg(ZA1)(Ntl1)_NU 212_JP1940svbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/z1nr_k-2440_jpvb.jpg(Z1)(NR)_K 2440_JPvbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/zsr_g-4210_jb1950svb.jpg(Z)(SR)_G 4210_JB1950svbhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sd3_hsd-305-am2_disc_vb2013.jpg(SD3)_HSD 305 AM2_disc_VB2013HSD 305 AM Swaziland 2010 series. M= Manzini. H305A is the serialhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sd3_hsd-305-am_vb2013.jpg(SD3)_HSD 305 AM_VB2013https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sd3_hsd-305-am_cur_vb2013.jpg(SD3)_HSD 305 AM_cur_VB2013rear plate.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sd3_hsd-305-am_cf_vb2013_resize.jpg(SD3)_HSD 305 AM_cf_VB2013_resizeHSD 305 AM Swaziland 2010 series. M= Manzini. H305A is the serial2013-03-20T12:54:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/10/25/94/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ftah273-6_p1250p_r_vb.jpg(F)(Tah2)('73-6)_P1250P_r_VB1250-P seen in Antibes during the 1980s, displaying the TAHITI alloy label often used when travelling abroad. Brumby archive.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ftah1_a8011a_vb2002.jpg(F)(Tah1)_A8011A_VB20028011 A - This E-type Jaguar was seen in Auckland in 2002 Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ftah1cc_ccit4_compr_vb1964.jpg(F)(Tah1)(cc)_CCIT4_compr_VB1962https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ftah1cc_ccit4_compf_vb1962c.jpg(F)(Tah1)(cc)_CCIT4_compf_VB1962c2021-08-12T13:05:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/12/11/vanuatu-fake/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/vu-cd-fake2.jpgVU CD Fake6778 - false Vanuatu plate, one of several seen around Europe2015-12-26T09:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/03/13/1205/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/d-bn-p1062-v.jpgD-BN-P1062-Vhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/d-ne-rq4573-v.jpgD-NE-RQ4573-Vhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/d-m0-gb6215-v.jpgD-M0-GB6215-Vhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/d-wi-ai9694-p.jpgD-WI-AI9694-Phttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/d-dn-hz3309-p.jpgD-DN-HZ3309-Phttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/d-hh-oa7937-v.jpgD-HH-OA7937-VEuropcarhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/d-hh-ca8547-p.jpgD-HH-CA8547-PEuropcarhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/d-hh-bs8253-p.jpgD-HH-BS8253-PEuropcar2020-08-13T10:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/02/02/zim-or-zam/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/z42004_ajc-2915_c_vb2013.jpg(Z4)(2004~)_AJC 2915_c_VB2013Current 2013 Zambian, with 'J' coding Livingstone registration district.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/z375-00_acd606_c_vb_resize.jpg(Z3)('75-'00)_ACD606_c_VB_resizeACD 606 IS a Zambian! Not a lot of difference, is there?https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/zw406_aco-8818_vb2013.jpg(ZW4)(06~)_ACO 8818_VB2013Clearly a Zambian Mercedes, registered at Ndola (C) and yellow has been seen before.....https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/zw_tdisc_vb2013.jpg(ZW)_tdisc_VB2013https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1070536_resize.jpgP1070536_resizeAnother Ndola-like (CO) Zambian, and this one in the right colour, too.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1070412.jpgP1070412Now the Zimbabwean bird shows itself on ACF 5832 and ZAM look like ZIM now,2013-03-14T11:16:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/12/07/177/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/vat.jpgData on SCV Licence Plates BookData on SCV Licence Plates Bookhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/scv-gallina-book_resize.jpgVatican City Plates by Marcello GallinaVatican City Plates by Marcello Gallina2013-03-14T08:53:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/12/01/115/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mal2si_g1m-7101_f_vb2013.jpg(MAL2)(si)_G1M 7101_f_VB2013Glorious One Malaysia seen, unusually, on a moped in Penang Feb. 2013. Usually borne by Porsches and Bentleys! Maybe a tender to a Malaysian yacht.....https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mal2si_g1m7933_r_vb2011_resize.jpg(MAL2)(si)_G1M7933_r_VB2011_resize2013-03-10T09:16:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/22/some-canadian-oddities/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cdnq33dlr_x379_comp_vbom951.jpg(CDN)(Q33)(dlr)_X379_comp_VBOM95https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cdnq33dlr_x379_comp_vbom95.jpg(CDN)(Q33)(dlr)_X379_comp_VBOM95AEC Coach Dealer plate in 1933 Quebec.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cdnq71_4b5204_vb1971_resize.jpg(CDN)(Q71)_4B5204_VB1971_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cdnbc32dlr_d9.jpg(CDN)(BC32)(dlr)_D91932 British Columbia Dealer during lunch-break.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cdnq39_60-198_jp1938vb.jpg(CDN)(Q39)_60.198_JP1938vb60.198 Quebec 1939 carrying GB 'Q' plates, too.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cdnbc47_11-029_jp1947vb.jpg(CDN)(BC47)_11.029_JP1947vbunknown car type from 1937 British Columbia, thanks to EU83!https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cdnbc47_11-029_c_jp1947vb.jpg(CDN)(BC47)_11.029_c_JP1947vb2013-03-10T07:28:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/02/01/mozambique-now-and-then/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moc2_mbe1193_comp_vb_resize.jpg(MOC2)_MBE1193_comp_VB_resizeThis BMW 3.0 SCi was captured on Madeira in 1978. MBE 11-93 was coded B for Beira, the second city and a popular holiday place before independence in 1975.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moc1p_b486_comp_vb.jpg(MOC1)(P)_B486_comp_VBThis Beira-registered Ford Model A (c. 1932) stands in Johannesburg's Museum of Transport and gives us our only photo of Beira plates on the car.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moc1p_lm13132_comp_vbanon.jpg(MOC1)(P)_LM13132_comp_VBanoncolour slide takhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moc_lm-7667_jpvb.jpg(MOC)_LM 7667_JPvbLM 7667 visiting London after the war, using the official 'P' which Portugal used for all its overseas territories.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moc3_abb-505-mc_tdisc_vb2013_resize1.jpg(MOC3)_ABB 505 MC_tdisc_VB2013_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moc3_abb-505-mc_shield_vb20131.jpg(MOC3)_ABB 505 MC_shield_VB2013The shield detail from the new MOC plates.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moc3_abb-505-mc_f_vb2013.jpg(MOC3)_ABB 505 MC_f_VB2013Cappark Find - New MOC srs.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moc3_abb-505-mc_etch_vb2013.jpg(MOC3)_ABB 505 MC_etch_VB2013tax documents and all windows etched to foil thieves.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moc3_abb-505-mc_c_vb2013.jpg(MOC3)_ABB 505 MC_c_VB20132013-03-10T07:25:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/15/mystery-motorcycle-plate/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/201203687dw-unknown-pe1.jpg201203687DW.unknown pehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/201203687dw-unknown-pe.jpg201203687DW.unknown pe2016-10-10T16:07:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/01/12/the-plate-of-the-governor-of-portuguese-east-africa/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/moc-pea-1p.jpgMOC.PEA 1p2014-01-12T09:15:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/03/03/berlin-the-soviet-sector/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/4020.jpg4020Car 19 from the French Legation in East Berlin, captured by former president Larsson in 1961. Larsson archive2013-03-03T09:56:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/12/06/sri-lanka-cv-code/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cl356-8_1-2581_comp_vbcx.jpg(CL3)(56-8)_1 2581_comp_VBcxThe 1 Sri issue ran from 1956-8. Jaguar Mk2 exists as a collector's car in Colombo.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cl110-28mc_a-1040_vb2009.jpg(CL1)(10-28)(mc)_A 1040_VB2009Mototcycles from each of the first two series in Ceylon. A 1040 from the 1910-28 series and EL 3943 from the 1953-4 issue. Seen in Colombo in 2009. Brumby archive.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cl2151-3_ey2846_comp_vb2009_resize1.jpg(CL21)(51-3)_EY2846_comp_VB2009_resizeAustin A40 Devon in Colombo 20092013-02-18T23:31:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/02/07/cameroons/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cmr-1954-norm-c6-4751-r-jla-1372-72.jpgCMR-1954-norm-C6.4751.r-JLa-1372-(72)Some vehicles chose a blue background , particularly in the CM former British sector. Luoma archive.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ruc3rfc73-85_w2326a_f_vb1963.jpg(RUC3)(RFC'73-85)_W2326A_f_VB1963https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ruc3rfc73-85_w2326a_r_comp1963_vb.jpg(RUC3)(RFC'73-85)_W2326A_(r)_comp1963_VBhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ruc3cc61-91_it9175cc_comp1970s.jpg(RUC3)(cc'61-91)_IT9175CC_comp1970sThis Camerounian consular corps Datsun, attached to the US embassy, lived briefly in Swiss Cottage, London during the 1970s. Brumby archivehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ruc2cam60-84_2281c5_comp_vb1960.jpg(RUC2)(CAM'60-84)_2281C5_comp_VB1960https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ruc2atc_cm2938_comp_vb1960s.jpg(RUC2a)(TC)_CM2938_comp_VB1960shttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tc_3703-c-2_jpvb.jpg(TC)_3703 C 2_JPvbThis Renault 750 from the (French) Trusteeship of the Cameroons was an unusual sight in the 1950 Britain, and probably France, too. 3703 C 2 carries the correct 1932-1954 oval and uses the French-designed registration format. John Pemberton archive. 2015-07-12T10:37:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/02/08/mpumalanga-or-not/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moc_ace-668-mp_cur_-knysna-vb2013.jpg(MOC)_ACE 668 MP_cur_ Knysna VB2013https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moc_ace-668-mp_-vb2013_resize.jpg(MOC)_ACE 668 MP_ VB2013_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/za2mp1dlr_abj359m_cu_vb.jpg(ZA2)(Mp1)(dlr)_ABJ359M_cu_VBDealer (trade) plate from Mpumalanga Province, ZA. 2013-02-09T20:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2013/02/05/the-portuguese-overseas-territories-historic/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mac2_m6445_cu_vbpl1977.jpg(Mac2)_M6445_cu_VBpl1977MACAOhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ptimor_t3373f_cu_vbpl-1978.jpg(P)(Timor)_T3373(f)_cu_VBpl.1978TIMORhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pmad11-62_cu_m-3139_jpvb.jpg(P)(Mad)(11-62)_cu_M-3139_JPvbMADEIRAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pgw_g3851_cu_tgvb.jpg(P)(GW)_G3851_cu_TGvbGUINEAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pgoa1_g2401_cu_vb1958.jpg(P)(Goa1)_G2401_cu_VB1958GOAhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/paz1911-62_a2210_cu_vb1951c.jpg(P)(Az)(1911-62)_A2210_cu_VB1951cAZORES2013-02-05T00:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/12/30/indian-plates-using-hindi/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ind3dlr_dlh-276-m-cu_rpwo.jpg(IND3)(dlr)_DLH 276 M-cu_RPWOhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ind3oos_wbd6714_comp_vb.jpg(IND3)(oos)_WBD6714_comp_VBWBD 6714 - VW Kombi overlander in 1960s London, with an unexplained plate type.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ind239-47_brq714_f_vb.jpg(IND2)('39-47)_BRQ714_f_VBBRQ 734 - one of the last grand cars to be permitted to leave India for international collections.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ind3_msw9574_comp_vb1960s.jpg(IND3)_MSW9574_comp_VB1960sMadras-registered Hillman in 1964 Plymouth.https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ind3-delhi-1965-vb1965_resize.jpg(IND3)-Delhi 1965-VB1965_resize1965 Delhi sight of (part of) a Hindi-scripted plate - uncommon at that time.2012-12-30T23:53:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2012/04/19/g-di-f-trailer/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lmop_ju75_v2012_resize1.jpg(L)(mop)_JU75_V2012_resizeLong-distance Pizza?https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p1070024_resize.jpgP1070024_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/chvty_nw-666666_vb2012_resize2.jpg(CH)(vty)_NW 666666_VB2012_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vremake_scv7_vb2012.jpg(V)(remake)_SCV7_VB2012https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/chvty_nw-666666_vb2012_resize.jpg(CH)(vty)_NW 666666_VB2012_resizehttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/icc-rok_cc-0006-gm_cu_vb2012_resize.jpg(I)(cc-RoK))_CC 0006 GM_cu_VB2012_resizeItalian Consular Corps for South Korea, Milan, April 2012. https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tnfor-res-96_116189-rs_vb2012_1.jpg(TN)(for.res.'96~)_116189 RS_VB2012_https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tnfor-res-96_116189-rs_vb2012_.jpg(TN)(for.res.'96~)_116189 RS_VB2012_https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/igv-taxtlr_313r_vb2012.jpg(I)(gv-tax)(tlr)_313R_VB20122012-09-29T11:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/12/01/is-this-a-st-lucia-variant/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wl_unknown_tq396_vb2010_resize.jpg(WL)_Unknown_TQ396_VB2010_resizeWL construction machine2011-12-06T17:44:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.uk/2011/10/13/early-danish-military/https://blog.europlate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dk-1909-mil-htk30-r-ebay-ppk-890022.jpgDK-1909-mil-HtK30.r-eBay-(PPk)-890022012-02-22T12:41:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.europlate.org.ukdaily1.02024-10-14T22:53:21+00:00