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PLATE TYPE
(first year of issue)
PLATE FORMATTING
REFERENCE INFORMATION |
PLATE PHOTOS & NEEDED IMAGES |
UPDATES |
PROTOTYPES, SAMPLES & PLATE HISTORY LINK |
IS PLATE VANITY ELIGIBLE?
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Apportioned Bus
(1982) |
Plate History |
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FORMAT 1: BN-00000, www base, dash separator. |
from Jordan Irazabal
from Jordan Irazabal
from Eric Conner
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FORMAT 2: BN-04000 to
BN-04999,
visitPA base, dash separator, first spotted
5/18/17. |
from Jordan Irazabal
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FORMAT 2: BN-05000,
visitPA base, keystone separator, first spotted
6/16/19. |
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Bus (1924) |
Plate History |
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FORMAT 1:
BA10000 to BA47999 without the dash separator. When PA re-plated in
2000, all bus plates were reissued on a plate-for-plate basis. This included
anything between BA-10000 to BA-47999. The replacement plates in this
series on the www base did not use the dash separator. Low number spotted
BA23115. |
from Clayton Moore
from Clayton Moore
Clayton Moore
& Rick Kretschmer |
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No |
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FORMAT 2: BA-48000 to
BA-59999
have dash separators |
from Clayton Moore
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FORMAT 3: BA-60000 to
BA-80899 on visitPA
base, keystone separator. |
from Jordan Irazabal
from Bill Stephens |
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FORMAT 4: BA-80900 on visitPA
base, keystone separator, without sticker well. Change posted
10/29/18. |
from Tom Perri |
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FORMAT 5: BA-81900 or below on visitPA
base, keystone separator, with map outline. Change posted 5/5/19. |
from Preston Turner
from Bill Young |
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Limousine
(1990) |
Plate History |
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FORMAT 1: LM-20000 to LM-22999,
www base, dash separator, narrow font tag line |
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Yes
as configured in Format 4 below. |
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FORMAT 2: LM-23000 to LM-26999,
www base, dash separator, wider font tag line. |
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FORMAT 3: LM-27000 to
LM-30999, on visitPA base, keystone
separator, wider font tag line, with sticker well. Format added 12/5/10. |
from Tom Perri
from Tom Perri
from Ryan Battin
from Bill Stephens
from Tom Perri
& Nick Tsilakis
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FORMAT 4:
LM-31000, visitPA base, keystone
separator, wider font tag line, with map outline and no sticker well. Format added 11/29/20. |
from John McDevitt |
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Mass Transit
(1977) |
Plate History |
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FORMAT 1: |
M
T |
30000 to |
M
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32999 |
Stacked
prefix on www base, wide font on tag line.
(Plate M/T30045 confirmed.) |
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No |
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FORMAT 2: MT-33000 to MT-39999
In-line prefix with dash separator on www base, narrower font on tag line. |
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FORMAT 3: |
M
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40000
to
48319 |
On visitPA base, wide legend on
tag line, first
observed 6/20/06 |
from Eric Butler
from Bruce Bufalini |
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On visitPA
base, with map outline. Posted 7/28/19. |
from Bruce Bufalini
from Brandon Sowers
from Bruce Bufalini
from Jesse Hunley
from Bill Young |
Image added 6/19 |
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Omnibus |
Plate History |
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FORMAT 1: OB-50000 to OB-58999, on
www base, dash separator, tag line font on this type uses a sans serif I. |
from Tom Firth
from Clayton Moore
from
Alex Wiedlich |
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No |
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FORMAT 2: OB-59000 to OB-60999,
series uses the serif I
on the tag line. Other formatting same as FORMAT 1. |
from Clayton Moore
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FORMAT 3: OB-61000 to OB-63999,
series uses the sans serif
I
on the tag line. Other formatting same as FORMAT 1. |
Eastern Coast Productions
from
Alex Wiedlich |
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FORMAT 4: OB-64000 to OB-68999,
uses the serif I on the tag line. Other formatting same as
FORMAT 1. |
Eastern Coast Productions
from Nick Tsilakis
from Worthpoint |
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FORMAT 5: OB-69000 to OB-86799, on visitPA base, keystone
separator, tag line font on this type uses a serif
I. Has sticker well. |
from Nick Tsilakis
from
Alex Wiedlich
from Clayton Moore
from Tom Perri &
Jordan Irazabal
from Ryan Battin
Eastern Coast Productions |
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FORMAT 6: From OB-86800 to
OB-87699 on visitPA base, keystone
separator, tag line font on this type uses a serif
I. No sticker well. |
from Tom Perri |
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FORMAT 7: From OB-88200, on visitPA
base, keystone separator, tag line font on this type uses a serif I.
Now with map outline. |
from Preston Turner
OB-90703
from Jaska Börner
from Bruce Bufalini |
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School Bus (1956) |
Plate History |
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FORMAT 1: SC-00000 to SC-05999, on
www base with small keystone separator, tag line font has slightly wider
characters than the FORMAT 2 plate. NOTE: The top plate has a
permanent validation sticker used on a school district owned bus. |
from Clayton Moore
from Tom Firth
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Font comparison
FORMAT 1
FORMAT 2 |
No |
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FORMAT 2: SC-06000 to SC-46999, on
www base with small keystone separator, tag line font has slightly narrower
characters than the FORMAT 1 plate. |
from Tom Firth
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FORMAT 3: SC-47000 to ~SC-80299 on visitPA base with larger
keystone separator, and sticker well. First seen in 8/2006. |
from Nick Tsilakis
from Brendan Sherry
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FORMAT 4: ~SC-80300 to
~SC-82299,
same as Format 3 above but without sticker well. First seen in 9/2018. |
from Bruce Bufalini
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FORMAT 5: ~SC-82300,
same as Format 3 above but without sticker well. First seen in 9/2018. |
from Bruce Bufalini
from Bruce Bufalini
from Matt Ciecka
from Bruce Bufalini
from Bill Young
from Bill Young
from Bill Young |
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School Vehicle
(1993) |
Plate History |
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FORMAT 1: SV14000 to SV14499, on
www base, narrow font on tag line, no separator.
NOTE: Some pre-www plates are still in use into
2010-2011. |
from Bruce Bufalini |
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Yes
as configured in Format
10 below |
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FORMAT 2: SV14500 to SV17499
On www base, wide font on tag line, no
separator. |
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FORMAT 3: SV17500 to SV17799
On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, no
separator, changeover to
this type spotted 11/3/05. |
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FORMAT 4: SV17800 to SV19799
On visitPA base, narrow font on tag line, no
separator. Added 7/17/07. |
from Worthpoint
from Brandon Sowers |
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FORMAT 5: SV-19800 to
~ SV-20249
On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, and
keystone separator. Added 1/20/09. |
from Nick Tsilakis
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FORMAT 6: ~ SV20250 to ~ SV20799
On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, without
keystone separator. Added 11/12/09. |
from Brendan Sherry |
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FORMAT 7: ~
SV-20800 to
~
SV-21249
On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, with
keystone separator. Appears to be same as Format 5. Added
5/16/10. |
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FORMAT 8: ~
SV21250 to ~
SV21999
On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, without
keystone separator. Appears to be same as Format 6. Added
3/27/11. |
from Brendan Sherry
from Brandon Sowers |
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FORMAT 9: ~SV-22000 to SV-26799
On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, with
keystone separator. Appears to be same as Format 5 & 7. Added
3/11/13. |
from Nick Tsilakis
from Jordan Irazabal
from Bruce Bufalini
from Tom Perri
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FORMAT 10: ~ SV-26800
On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, with
keystone separator. Now with map outline. Added 12/3/2017. |
from Jeff Lawson
from Bruce Bufalini
from Nick Tsilakis
from Preston Turner
SV-30674
spotted by Bruce Bufalini
on 3/1/22 |
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FORMAT 10A:
Personalized, up to 5
characters with SV prefix. |
from Bill Stephens |
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Taxi
(1977 - Prior to 1977 taxi vehicles used
bus plates.)
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Plate History |
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FORMAT 1: TX-35000 to TX-38999,
tag line font on this type uses a sans serif
I, on www base. |
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Yes
as configured in Format 4 below
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FORMAT 2: TX-39000 to TX-45999,
tag line font on this FORMAT uses a serif I,
on www base. |
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FORMAT 3: TX-46000
On visitPA base with larger keystone separator, and
sticker well. |
from Brendan Sherry
from Jordan Irazabal
from Jaska Borner
from Preston Turner
from
Jaska Börner |
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FORMAT 4:
Personalized, up to 5
characters with TX prefix |
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