FORMER PLATES OF THE MONTH

 

 

 

 

2012

 

January

February

March

This Maine plate is not only rare, but I waited for it to arrive for 6 weeks, thought it was lost.

An immediate candidate for "Plate of the Year", I was looking for a plate like that for 25 years...

Oklahoma Cheyenne plates normally don't have ABC-123 pattern, but Tribal Government does!

April

 May

  June

 

 

Graphic plates are cool, but not only they.

Click here to see my Top 50 non-graphic plates

 

 

July

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October

November 

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2011

 

January

February

March

Have you seen a beauty like that? It was in a bulk sale on Ebay, gladly bought the whole lot!

 Montana Highway Police, in the "Montana Centennial" plate design, an awesome plate!!!

This is the second KEN-737 DC Inaugural plate in my collection, Patrick is a happy collector!

April

 May

  June

This is the first time I saw this plate with ABC-123 pattern, it's one of my Top 20 plates!

Again: this is the first time I saw this plate with ABC-123 pattern, it's one of my Top 20 plates!

Many of the newer plate designs don't have an ABC-123 pattern, but this one does, I love it!

July

August 

  September

 This is the first time I ever saw this plate with ABC-123 pattern, it's one of my Top 20 plates!

You are surprised to see this kind of plate here? Well, ever seen this one with ABC-123 pattern?

This is one of the greatest plates in my little collection: click on it to see all my DAV plates

October

November 

December   

One of my favorites: you think it's common? Ever seen this design with ABC-123 pattern?

This Bicentennial vanity plate PAT has every- thing a collector named Patrick could ask for!

NM National Guard? Great plate, so this year two NM plates made it into this Hall of Fame.

 

 

2010

 

January

February

March

POW-plates are always welcome. Click on the pic to see all my POW-, DAV- and VET plates

 Finally! I was chasing a Rhode Island plate with ABC-123 pattern for 20 years!!! Thanks, Bob!

 California Fire Fighter, a wonderful plate with Kurt Russell as firefighter on the left!

 

 

 

April

 May

  June

These 16 standard plates wouldn't have made it into this category by themselves, but together!

Celebration! Just click on the plate to see all Centennial / Bicentennial plates in my collection

there are several non-graphic plates which are rare & nice, just click on the picture to see them

 

 

 

July

August 

  September

This vanity plate is my favorite Ebay-catch of the last months. Thanks to JEN (who is Jen?)

Alabama: a great source for nice plates with my favorite ABC-123 pattern; a perfect plate for me

No, your eyes don't play tricks on you: this rare Col. plate is really blue, not the common green!

 

 

 

October

November 

December   

I like college tags, I really like Indian tags, I love plates with ABC-123 pattern: great plate!

I was chasing this update of the Manatee plate for a long time; I saw manatees in FL, love them

Police plates are rare, used police plates with ABC-123 pattern are even rarer, thanks Gus!

 

 

2009

 

January

February

March

I was chasing this State Patrol plate for 2 years, after I missed to buy it the first time I saw it.

One of my all-time favorite plates, have only seen it once in my life with ABC-123 pattern!

Uh, I love it: a New York Press plate, older than I am, still in good shape and with a good number

 

 

 

April

 May

  June

A plate directly from my favorite city in the U.S., Los Angeles; rare and in great shape!

 A great plate! Utah Highway Patrol; it has really been in use, great graphic background!

 This is the first Canadian plate that made it into my little Hall of Fame: Yukon Dealer, nice!

 

 

 

July

August 

  September

Alaska Children's Trust KID plate, I love it!

In Ebay as "Buy it now", luckily I saw it first!

Washington D.C. Inaugural Vanity plate with ABC-123 pattern, how much better can it get?

I like Indian plates, but for my collection only with ABC-123 pattern, like this Comanche Vet.

 

 

 

October

November 

December   

This plate was expensive enough to put it into my Plate of the Month list immediately!

Just click on the plate to see why this plate for sure deserves to be a "Plate of the Month"

I guess not many collectors will find it surprising to see a NY City regional plate in this category.

 

 

2008 

 

January

February

March

This 1956 California plate is

the "mother" of all ABC-123 plates

South Dakota Highway Maintenance Traffic: uuh, I could look at this rare plate all day long!

Delaware with ABC-123 pattern?

Very hard to get... (Korean War Veteran)

 

 

 

April

May

June

Idaho doesn't seem to give out

many plates with ABC-123 pattern

Vermont Municipal: Thanks Ralph,

I was chasing this kind of plate for a long time!

This Ohio tin goodie looks harmless, but have you ever seen this style with ABC-123 pattern?

 

 

 

July

August 

September

It's not so hard to find this very nice Alabama Environment plate, but with ABC-123 pattern?

It took me 20 years of collecting to find an Indiana license plate with ABC-123 pattern! 

 Dave said "It looks better in your collection than in mine"! Wow, that's so nice, thanks!!!

 

 

 

October

November 

December 

It's nearly impossible to get a Maine Chickadee plate with ABC-123 pattern. Well, nearly...

This plate stands for the many Florida graphic plates with my cherished ABC-123 pattern.

It's nice to find plates with a topic and matching letters (here: KID) if with ABC-123 pattern.

  

 

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