FORMER PLATES OF THE MONTH
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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! |
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Graphic plates are cool, but not only they. Click here to see my Top 50 non-graphic plates |
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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! |
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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! |
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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 |
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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. |
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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! |
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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 |
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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! |
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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
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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 |
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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! |
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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. |
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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
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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) |
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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? |
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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!!! |
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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. |