Samples, prototypes and other oddballs. Mixed bag of goodies from 1988 to the present.

2006 pass	2008 Snow Vehicle	2006 MC	1991 ORV

• $10 each plus GST. Annual re-validation stickers available upon request.

 

Modern prototype	Modern prototype	Veteran wrong #s*

• I cannot possibly know what the story is behind each of these weird plates, so please take these at face value. What you see is what you get. Let your imagination run wild if you really want to know why these plates came into being. :)
• *regular Veteran samples have the characters VAA 000.
• Not available to the public. Used by manufacturer and DMV only.
• From the collections of Manny Jacob and Andrew Osborne.

Duplicate series

• This particular plate was never issued and was destroyed because it was produced in error. Some of the current SEMI plates produced in 2006 and 2008 duplicated numbers from the FEB 98 S-TL base, which apparently still linger in DMV computers. The letters issued on this base since 2003 were SG, SH, SJ, SK, SL, SM, SR and then SX. SP, SS, ST, SU, SV and SW were all skipped as they were used on the 98 base. This story and plate brought to us by Andrew Osborne.

Incorrect legend

• Here is another plate that was never issued. This one, and 999 others like it were all destroyed because they were produced in error. As you may notice, this is a motorcycle dealer plate but with the wrong legend. These are supposed to carry the DLR legend. See photo up above of D4628 for the correct format. 1000 plates from D4551 to D5550 were mistakenly produced this way. Amazingly enough, approximately 25 of these plates were actually issued before MPI discovered the problem. Those 25 plates are still on the roads today and I am watching closely for these. In the meantime, enjoy the scan of a "ghost" plate. Note that the D4628 shown above is actually a remake of one of these defects. All 1000 plates were remade. This story and plate brought to us by Andrew Osborne.

 

 

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