What year had blue tags?
In 1982, California plates were made white with blue lettering, and an optional sun graphic was added behind the state name.
What year is a reg?
How old is my car?
| A reg year | 1963 |
|---|---|
| A / B reg year | 1984 |
| B / C reg year | 1985 |
| C / D reg year | 1986 |
| D / E reg year | 1987 |
When did the California blue license plate start?
Later period California blue plate. This plate features a wider die set for the state name and smaller sticker wells at the top corners. This series began in 1975 starting with plate number 501-LXU. This plate also has a month sticker, as California adopted staggered registration starting with 1976 expirations.
Is the registration number part of the Mark?
Note that the registration number does not form part of the mark. The centre is occupied by the abbreviation Rd signifying that this is a Patent Office mark standing for Registered Design. How to understand the mark? 1) What ‘class’ is the material?
When did California license plates change to 1ABC234?
California 1982 passenger issue. In April 1980, the regular 123-ABC series was exhausted and California switched over to a 1ABC234 format. This numbering sequence is still in use today, with plates having passed the 7AAA000 mark in March, 2013.
How can I find out the date of registration?
If there is a letter then the mark is 1868-1883 You can ignore the number at the bottom of the diamond – this tells us how many items were included in the registration, (sometimes known as bundles or packages). From the other numbers and letters we can work out the date of the registration.
When did they start putting forward marks on license plates?
By the mid-1950s all marks had been allocated, so marks issued by some authorities were reversed with letters following numbers. Others continued to issue ‘forward’ marks (numbers following letters) until the mid-1960s. The addition of a year suffix began in all authorities between 1963 and 1965.
Later period California blue plate. This plate features a wider die set for the state name and smaller sticker wells at the top corners. This series began in 1975 starting with plate number 501-LXU. This plate also has a month sticker, as California adopted staggered registration starting with 1976 expirations.
When was the first three letter license plate issued?
It is believed that the first registration mark issued was DY1 – in Hastings, Kent on 23 November 1903. (The registration mark A1 was issued in London some time later). A three letter/three number series was introduced in 1932.
When did they change the year on a license plate?
The old ‘prefix’ system with a leading single letter to show the year of first registration began on 1 August 1983 with the introduction of the ‘A’ prefix and ended with ‘Y’, which ran from 1 March 2001 until 31 August 2001. Before 1983, letters were used as a suffix. The table below shows both systems.
