Welcome to Patrick's License Plates Homepage !!!
Hi, dear tin friends. My name is Patrick. On July 25, 1988 I found a blue and yellow California license plate on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. Yes, I picked it up directly from the street, it was a real "road kill", but I loved it from the first second. So the story began... Some time later I visited junk yards in Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and Virginia. All the plates which I owned at that time had the same pattern of letters and numbers: ABC-123 (or vice versa). So I kept on looking for plates with that format, and now
I collect used U.S. license plates, but really ONLY with ABC-123 pattern.
For me it's important that the plates have been used on a car, I don't really care too much for mint, unused plates and not at all for samples.
Only a used tag is unique, samples can be printed a million times.
I am a proud member of ALPCA (Automobile License Plate Collectors' Association). I was lucky to have the chance to attend an ALPCA regional plate meet in Orlando, Florida.
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- May 04, 2012 (Alabama Auburn University, enough Alabama plates now...) - May 03, 2012 (Connecticut 1987 base, with "Constitution State" slogan at the top) - April 27, 2012 (Illinois 1974 red "AHL 897", does "AHL" have any special meaning?) - April 20, 2012 (Idaho 1966 National Guard, the second ID NG plate within a month) - April 17, 2012 (Arizona 1964, similar to the 1959 base, now I'm done with Arizona) - April 10, 2012 (Iowa 1989 ISU Cyclones, I love that plate, thanks so much, Gene) - April 09, 2012 (Colorado 2008 Support The Troops, very colorful and patriotic) - March 30, 2012 (Oregon 1994 red P.U.C. Public Utility Commission) - March 29, 2012 (South Dakota 1989 Centennial State Vehicle, Wisconsin 1969 Dealer) - March 28, 2012 (Iowa 1977 Non-Resident, Arkansas 1999 School Vehicle) - March 27, 2012 (Idaho 1973 Nat'l Guard, Missouri 3 Trailer plates: 1963, 1981, 2004) - March 26, 2012 (Arizona 1959 and 1961 base plates, thanks Jeff) - March 23, 2012 (Idaho Loaner LAG-798, Alabama Forests Forever, thanks Chris) - March 12, 2012 (Iowa 1996 Prisoner Of War blue 1986 base, thanks Drew) - March 02, 2012 (Utah 1983 with beehive, Iowa 2009 flat "Special") |
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my plates per state:
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut DC Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington |
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My son will be a plate collector, too... |
First I got this plate in a junk yard, then I went to Arches National Park in Utah... |
KID and DAD are happy plate collectors! |
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If you want to contact me, please use this email address: |
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