Eric Conner shares this set of State Senator plates which were registered to Senator George Wade, who served in the PA Senate from 1941 to 1974 and in the PA House from 1931 to 1934. The number "31" is significant as Sen. Wade served the 31st senatorial district; the plates with "312" were likely for a second or spouse's vehicle. Eric shares that these plates came from the estate of the late (State) Rep. Fred Noye. Legislative plates were first issued in 1928 and ran through 1935. The next year that saw plates clearly marked for state legislators was 1966, but plates are known with "PA" and "HR" and one, two, and three numbers before and after "PA" and "HR" since 1951. While we still do not have confirmation that these plates pictured are separate plate types (they are likely a reserved series similar to how vanity plate started in PA, see the Passenger page starting in 1965), we now know that politicians received "special" plates as far back as 1951, thanks to Eric's discovery.

John Clark shares this picture of a La Salle College High School plate, the first plate of this type observed without a sticker well. This plate type began in 2005, meaning that about 7 plates are issued each year on average.

Here's another one from John Clark, this one for the Lycoming College plate type. This is the first time this type has been observed with the map outline graphic. This plate type began in 2010, which means that about 9 plates are issued each year on average.

John Clark also shares this interesting souvenir plate from the 2009 ALPCA Convention. ALPCA is the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association and is a club for plate collectors. It's only $36 per year to join and we recommend it to anyone interested in the hobby. Visit https://www.alpca.org/join/ to learn more!

Last up this week is quite an uncommon sighting: a duplicated Amateur Radio plate. This is done when someone wants their FCC call sign on two plates. This individual presumably has "K3EA" in the driveway as well. Thank you to Kevin C. for the picture!

The Plate of the Week award goes to Eric Tanner for this 1941 Tractor plate he found on the website LicensePl8s.com. Before Eric's discovery, only all-numeric series were observed for this year and type. We now know that numbering advanced into the A000 format for this year. Thanks Eric!

Ben Vaughn sends in this picture of a personalized West Virginia Alumni plate. This is a "first-of" for this site. We cannot say this enough: the success of this website is due to the many people who have contributed over the years and who continue to contribute every week.

Sebastian DiSclafani shares this picture of a blue base Multipurpose Dealer plate. This type started in 1991 on the blue base, transitioned to the "www" base in 1999, then to the "visitPA" base around 2020, and finally to the "Family of Plates" design in 2024. Click the link to see the complete history!

Here's a new high for the La Salle College High School plate type from John Clark. It's also the first observed plate for this type without the sticker well. For all current highs, be sure to check out the Highs page!

Lastly here's another high, also from John Clark, for the Lycoming College plate type. This is the first observed plate of this type with the map outline.

The Plate of the Week award goes to Clayton Moore for the discovery of this 1925 Tractor plate. It was previously thought that numbers E1 - E-999 measured 6" x 10" and numbers E1000 and above measured 6" x 12". Thanks to Clayton's find, we now know that numbers E1 - E99 measure 6" x 10" and numbers E-100 and above measure 6" x 12". Tractor plates are no longer issued; accordingly, you can find them on the Defunct Types, Special Event Plates, Etc. page under the main Highs page. Thanks Clayton!

Our own John McDevitt spotted this personalized Williamson College of the Trades plate. Not only is it a "first-of" for this site, it's just plain hard to spot one of these plates, personalized or not!

Bruce Sakson sends in this picture of a new high for the PA Society Of Professional Engineers plate type. This type came out in 2015 which means that not many plates at all are issued annually, making this another super tough one to spot in the wild. For all current highs, be sure to check out the Highs page!

Here's a very nice Trailer sample plate from the mid 1970s. Non-Passenger Pennsylvania sample plates are not terribly difficult to find but not all types were made for all years/bases. This entry is a "first-of" for this website!

Last up this week is another personalized specialty plate, this time for the U.S. Army (Active Duty) plate type. This is yet another "first-of" this week - thanks to Ben Vaughn for the picture!

The Municipal plate type is now in the "R" series. This format started at "MG-9000J" which means that about 52,500 plates have been issued on this format since this particular format began in 2017. It's also a new high! Click here to see observed highs for all plate types, and thank you to Bill Young for the picture.

David Dohan submits this picture of the #1 plate for the Silver Star type. This type came out in 2012 and the current high is "00060 S/I" which means that 4-5 plates are issued each year, on average.

Preston Turner sends in this picture of a 1925 Truck plate as seen in a framed picture at an establishment he recently visited. The serial number is "T1121", the 1,121st plate in the "T" weight class (in this case, (3,001-4,000 lb unladen). Click the thumbnail to see a full-size version. The second picture is a good picture of another 1925 Truck plate for comparison (compliments of Bill Krellner).

John Clark spotted this new high for the NRA Foundation plate type. This plate type started in 2011 which means that about 66 plates are issued each year, on average (5-6 per month).

John Clark also sends in this picture of a Saint Joseph's University plate with no sticker well and no map outline. This is not the first picture of this format for this site but it further helps with serial changeover points. As mentioned before, this format was a holdover format which is seen on plate types which are reordered/restocked often. This format exists because the decision to add the map outline was not made until a few months after the decision was made to stop issuing stickers, so the sticker well was eliminated but there were no instructions at that time to add anything in its place.