The Andrew Turnbull License Plate Gallery

[Welcome!] to the Andrew Turnbull License Plate Gallery...an information, hobby, and history website devoted to the interesting field of vehicle registration plates.

Why do I take an interest in such a topic? It's difficult to pinpoint a single reason, but there were many different factors to take into consideration: Their varied colors, distinctive captions, hidden codes, geographical significance, and association with both numbers and transportation were but some of the reasons why they appealed to me. Everyone deserves to have a unique or eccentric hobby, and with this I am no exception.

Showcase

Although most Wisconsin motorists are given a new number each time a plate reissue occurs, holders of reserved-series numbers provide an exception to the rule. This program; traditionally available through special channels to VIPs and extending back as such to 1952, allows combinations of five characters or less to be reserved and retained from base to base. Note that in spite of the low number following it, the first character remains a month code as it is on plebeian six-character plates, and when month codes shifted in 1960 to provide two letters rather than one for each division of the year, the reserved-series numbers shifted likewise.

Features

Wisconsin license plates:
- Updated! The Wisconsin Pages. A pictoral project researching the history and schematics of motor vehicle license plates in America's Dairyland.
West Virginia license plates:
- More than you wanted to know about "Map" Bases, 1976-1995.
- Non-Passenger Plates, 1976-1995.
- Updated! License Plate Collection.
- Highs, 1976-date.
Oregon license plates:
- Passenger Variations, 1956-date.
Potpourri. The original catch-all of license plate collection highlights.
Updated! License Plate Sticker Colors.
Updated! 1985 "Birthyear Run."

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