License Plates of the World
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Authors
Marvin, Keith
Issue Date
1963
Date Information
Subjects
Jurisdictions
Worldwide
Afghanistan
Åland Islands (FIN)
Albania
Alderney (GBR)
Algeria
American Samoa (USA)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (IND)
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba (NLD)
Argentina
Austria
Australia
Azores (PRT)
Bahamas
Bahrain
Balearic Islands (ESP)
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda (GBR)
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bonaire (NLD)
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands (GBR)
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Canal Zone (USA)
Canary Islands (ESP)
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands (GBR)
Central African Republic
Ceuta (ESP)
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Cook Islands (NZL)
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curaçao (NLD)
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands (GBR)
Faroe Islands (DNK)
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana (FRA)
French Polynesia (FRA)
Germany
Gibraltar (GBR)
Goa (IND)
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Greece
Greenland (DNK)
Grenada
Guadeloupe (FRA)
Guam (USA)
Guatemala
Guernsey (GBR)
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Heard and McDonald Islands (AUS)
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man (GBR)
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Jammu and Kashmir
Japan
Jersey (GBR)
Jordan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Lakshadweep (IND)
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Madeira (PRT)
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Malta, Sovereign Military Order of
Marshall Islands
Martinique (FRA)
Mauritania
Mauritius
Melilla (ESP)
Mexico
Midway Island (USA)
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat (GBR)
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia (FRA)
New Zealand
Niue (NZL)
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norfolk Island (AUS)
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Papua New Guinea
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Réunion (FRA)
Romania
Rwanda
Ryukyu Islands
Puerto Rico (USA)
Saba (NLD)
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (GBR)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (FRA)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Sikkim
Singapore
Sint Eustatius (NLD)
Sint Maarten (NLD)
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau (NZL)
Tonga
Trinadad and Tobago
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (USA)
Tunisia
Türkiye
Turks and Caicos Islands (GBR)
Tuvalu
Uganda
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands (USA)
Wake Island (USA)
Wallis and Futuna Islands (FRA)
Western Sahara
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Afghanistan
Åland Islands (FIN)
Albania
Alderney (GBR)
Algeria
American Samoa (USA)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (IND)
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba (NLD)
Argentina
Austria
Australia
Azores (PRT)
Bahamas
Bahrain
Balearic Islands (ESP)
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda (GBR)
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bonaire (NLD)
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands (GBR)
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Canal Zone (USA)
Canary Islands (ESP)
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands (GBR)
Central African Republic
Ceuta (ESP)
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Cook Islands (NZL)
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curaçao (NLD)
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands (GBR)
Faroe Islands (DNK)
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana (FRA)
French Polynesia (FRA)
Germany
Gibraltar (GBR)
Goa (IND)
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Greece
Greenland (DNK)
Grenada
Guadeloupe (FRA)
Guam (USA)
Guatemala
Guernsey (GBR)
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Heard and McDonald Islands (AUS)
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man (GBR)
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Jammu and Kashmir
Japan
Jersey (GBR)
Jordan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Lakshadweep (IND)
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Madeira (PRT)
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Malta, Sovereign Military Order of
Marshall Islands
Martinique (FRA)
Mauritania
Mauritius
Melilla (ESP)
Mexico
Midway Island (USA)
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat (GBR)
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia (FRA)
New Zealand
Niue (NZL)
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norfolk Island (AUS)
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Papua New Guinea
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Réunion (FRA)
Romania
Rwanda
Ryukyu Islands
Puerto Rico (USA)
Saba (NLD)
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (GBR)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (FRA)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Sikkim
Singapore
Sint Eustatius (NLD)
Sint Maarten (NLD)
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau (NZL)
Tonga
Trinadad and Tobago
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (USA)
Tunisia
Türkiye
Turks and Caicos Islands (GBR)
Tuvalu
Uganda
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands (USA)
Wake Island (USA)
Wallis and Futuna Islands (FRA)
Western Sahara
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Abstract
Description
A comprehensive listing of license plates in use throughout the world at the time of publication. Each jurisdiction is given a short entry describing the registration system in use, along with separate entries for the states of the United States, the provinces and territories of Canada, and the states and territories of Australia. Includes sections on tourist plates; military plates; international plates; “miscellaneous and oddball” plates; total number of registration plates for selected jurisdictions in 1928, 1951, and 1962; international ovals; gazetteer; black-and-white photographs of contemporary plates. Uses the following nonstandard or obsolete jurisdictional names: Aden Colony; Aden Protectorate; Ascension Island; Basutoland; Bechuanaland; British Guiana; British North Borneo; British Solomon Islands; Burma; Cameroun; Canton Island; Caroline Islands; Ceylon; Comoro Islands; Crete; Dahomey; Easter Island; Eire; Esthonia; Fernando Po; French Oceania; French Somaliland; Germany, East; Germany, West; Gilbert and Ellice Islands; Katanga; Korea, North; Korea, South; Macao; Malagasy Republic; Malaya; Mariana Islands; Minicoy Islands; Muscat and Oman; Netherlands West Indies; New Britain; Northern Rhodesia; Nyasaland; Portuguese Guinea; Rio de Oro; Rio Muni; Rumania; Somaliland Protectorate; S.M.O.M.; St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla; Sarawak; Sekia el Hamra; South West Africa; Southern Rhodesia; Spanish Morocco; Surinam; Swaziland; Tanganyika; Tristan da Cunha; Trucial States; Turkey; Upper Volta; Western Samoa; Zanzibar
Table of Contents
Format
Book, perfect bound; 8¼ × 10¾ inches; unpaginated; illustrated
Access
Contact research@registrationhistory.org for access options; physical resource located in the VRHC collection.
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Publisher
Walter C. Harriman