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    LOUISIANA

    1915      1 -  8483, Dealer 9067M - 9123M
           9542 - 10075
    1916      1 - 15550
    1917      1 - 26929
    1918      1 - 39493
    1919      1 - 49168
    1920      1 - 53175
    1921      1 - 78522      Truck known 1922.

           23 + HORSEPOWER                            1 - 22 HORSEPOWER
    1922   1 - 20000,  100001  - 105000               20001  - 100000
    1923   1 - 30000                                  30001  - 115323
    1924   1 - 30000                                  30001  - 142216
    1925   1 - 34787                                  40430  - 178590*
    1926   1 - 29-523, 204-516 -                      41-530 - 199-154
    1927   1 - 43-917                                 50-327 - 223-803*
    1928   1 - 51-975, 231-040*- 232-045*             71-540 - 222-037
    1929   1 - 57-380, 234-053 - 267-439*             73-502 - 231-669

           ALL PASSENGER CARS
    1930   1 - 253-244*
    1931   1 - 248-496*, 9-775A - 25-740A (Purpose of A series unknown)

    1932-42 FORMAT   1-001 - 499-999
     
    Different number blocks appear to have been reserved for certain
    classes, perhaps horsepower ratings.  Unusually high number blocks
    starting at round 50,000 points, such as #300-001+, 400-001+ and
    450-001+ have been observed.  The following two news articles from
    the Monroe News Star support this theory:
    December 2, 1932 - "License plates were received here for 13,700
    passenger cars, divided into five classifications..."
    November 25, 1935 - "The first person to obtain a license for the
    coming year for his car was Tom Hicks of West Monroe, to whom was
    issued the first two licenses.  They were for two Ford cars and
    the numbers assigned were 160,001 and 270,000."  Until a list of
    classes is located, all numbers are being logged and plotted in a
    separate table.  (See Misc. #3)


    PASSENGER NUMBER RANGES
    1944     1-001 - 379-333*                   1953   1-001 - 637-839*
    1945     1-001 - 340-675*                   1954   1-001 - 699-994*
    1946     1-001 - 336-645*                   1955   1-001 - 739-520
    1947     1-001 - 355-712                    1956   1-001 - 800-439
    1948     1-001 - 377-397,                   1957   1-001 - 864-927*
           404-803 - 409-886  (381,481)         1958   1-001 - 879-533*
    1949     1-001 - 379-228,                   1959   1-001 - 909-551
           435-028 - 484-412  (427,613)         1960   1-001 - 933-400
    1950     1-001 - 488-654,                   1961   1-001 - 947-450
           550-630 - 614-928  (551,953)         1962   1-001 - 1005711
    1951     1-001 - 565-718                    1963   1-001 - 1035630
    1952     1-001 - 589-260*

    NON-PASSENGER NUMBER RANGES
     
               CITY TAXI           HIRE BUS           SCHOOL BUS              COM              HOUSE TR
    1944                       388-169 -                               396-284 - 396-297
    1945                                           394-799 -
    1946                                                               397-191 -
    1947   385-438 - 385-814   387-101 -           392-117 -                                81-791 -
    1948                                                               395-710 - 395-913   203-526 -
    1949   394-162 -
    1950                       503-252 - 503-297   521-931 -           525-762 - 527-648   139-248 -
    1951                                           621-917 -           627-588 -
    1952                                           620-440 -           626-941 - 629-156
    1953   711-619 -           715-631 -           720-324 - 720-808   725-409 - 726-044   735-002 -
    1954                                           721-961 - 722-782   728-244 - 728-839
    1955                                           821-962 - 823-056   826-686 -           835-295 - 837-150
    1956                                           921-110 - 924-181   929-911 -           935-252 - 938-900
    1957   961-625 -           966-215 -           970-355 - 974-317   980-883 - 984-016   992-044 -
    1958                                           980-399 -           987-168 -           998-373 - 998-393
    1959   975-744 - 975-807                       982-846 - 982-874   988-545 - 992-059   995-515 - 998-373
    1960   970-523 -                               982-852 - 982-870   990-737 - 992-682   995-503 -
    1961   975-744 -                               979-343 - 982-211   986-376 - 990-999   992-349 - 997-523
     


    1964-94 FORMAT     1A001 - 999X999      State Police Troop District
                                            codes in County Code Book.

    1964-65:  Initial assignment (1,200,000 S) in County Code Book.
    1974-75:  Initial assignment (1,755,000 S) in County Code Book.

    Jennings office issued N series 1964-65, although in District D.
    District N discontinued 1970, combined with District I.
    District M discontinued 1974, combined with District C; other
    minor shifts in Districts A,C,E,I,K,L in County Code Book.
    After 999B999, District B issued 1N001 December 1982, "DEC 84".
    After 999X999, Mail Order issued 174H001 August 1991, "AUG 93".

    1974-94 bases replaced during 1994-95.
    All plates steel 1964-67, galv. steel 1968-73, aluminum 1974-on.

    (For exact numbers known by Troop District, see Misc. 1)

    1964-65 BASE
    1964 Type 1:  Non-serif "B"                             (1,254,990)
    1965 Type 2:  Serif "B"                                     (2,767)
                                                      (TOTAL 1,264,022)

    1966-67 BASE
    1966 Type 1:  Large 64-65 state name                       (56,112)
    1966 Type 2:  Small state name                          (1,318,344)
    1967 Type 3:  As Type 2, but tall "G"                           (1)
                                                      (TOTAL 1,389,801)

    1968-69 BASE                                      (TOTAL 1,479,104)

    1970-71 BASE                                      (TOTAL 1,559,236)

    1972-73 BASE
    1972 Type 1:  Far dates in LL and LR corners            (1,289,604)
    1972 Type 2:  Near dates above LL and LR holes (no H?)    (337,989)
                                                      (TOTAL 1,727,222)

    1974-75 BASE
    1974 Type 1:  Small letter                              (1,940,030)
    1975 Type 2:  Thin letter                                  (78,233)
                                                      (TOTAL 2,028,000)

    UNDATED BAYOU STATE BASE
    1976 "77"  Type 1:  Small letter (assuming even mix)      (241,762)
    1976 "77"  Type 2:  Thin letter (assuming even mix)       (136,324)
    1977 "77"  Type 3:  Full-size letter                      (173,881)
                                                        (TOTAL 555,000)

    BLACK SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE BASE
    1978 "FEB 79" Type 1:  Small letter                        (51,892)
    1978 "FEB 79" Type 2:  Full-size letter                 (1,318,885)
                                                      (TOTAL 1,380,499)

    1984 WORLD'S FAIR BASE
    Oct.83 "OCT 85" Type 1:  Tall dies, full-size letter      (284,000)
    Oct.83 "OCT 85" Type 2:  Tall dies, small letter           (16,000)
    May 84 "NOV 86" Type 3:  Short dies, full-size letter       (6,000)
                                                        (TOTAL 306,000)

    BLUE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE BASE
    Nov.84 "NOV 86" Type 1:  Tall dies, rounded slogan         (40,000)
    Jan.85 "JAN 87" Type 2:  Short dies, rounded slogan       (375,468)
    Jul.86 "JUL 88" Type 3:  Square slogan, 2 sticker boxes    (76,241)
    Apr.87 "APR 89" Type 4:  As Type 3, LR sticker box only   (292,444)
                                                        (TOTAL 903,985)

    PELICAN USA GRAPHIC BASE
    1-17-89 "DEC 92" Type 1:  LL open-sided sticker box        (84,124)
    1-17-89 "JAN 92" Type 2:  LR closed sticker box         (1,604,036)
                                                      (TOTAL 1,695,723)


    1994-2007 LIPSTICK BASE              No I,O,Q used in 3rd position.
    Jan.1993  "DEC 94"  Type 1      AAA 000 - AMN 889       (122,124 S)
    May 1993  "APR 95"  Type 2      AAW 691 - CPU 411       (465,990 S)
    Jan.1994  "JAN 96"  Type 3      AXE 674 - KLB 017     (5,255,630 S)
    1-1-02    "DEC 03"  Type 4      KLL 586 - MSN 413     (1,358,828 S)
    Jul.04    "JUN 06"  Type 3a     MST 455 - NFU 788       (300,334 S)
                                                    (TOTAL 7,906,789 S)

    Description of Types: (For exact known numbers, see Misc. 2)
    Type 1 - LR sticker box only, no border
    Type 2 - LL and LR sticker boxes, no border
    Type 3 - As Type 2, but painted border   (TYPES 1-3,3a 6,522,921 S)
    Type 4 - As Type 3, but Purchase slogan and emblem

    No Troop District H, K or X observed; stickers discontinued 1995.
    Currently revalidated.


    2007-18 PELICAN BASE        No Q,U in 1st or I,O,Q in 3rd position.
    3-2-05  "FEB 07"  Type 1        NFV 985 - VCS 446     (3,515,462 S)

    7-3-13  "JUL 15"  Type 1a       WUL 002 - XRU 235       (536,234 S)
                      Type 1b       XUB 382 -
            "FEB 18"  Type 1c       ZUP 115 - ZZZ 999       (124,885 S)
    8- -16  "AUG 18"  Type 1d       000 AAA - 974 ABG        (29,975 S)
                                                    (TOTAL 4,206,557 S)
    Issued only to new registrations.
    NGK 569 has state name extending under UR hole,
    NMC 680 has state name left of UL hole.
     
     
    2013-15 200 YEARS BASE
    1-3-11  "JAN 13"  Type 1         VCT692 - VRW002         (No clean
    2011    "AUG 13"  Type 2         VQT198 - WUE806          break)
                                                    (TOTAL 1,000,115 S)
    No I,O,Q in 3rd position?  VOO914 seen.
     
    Description of Types:
    Type 1 - Large pelican and map (roughly 33%)
    Type 2 - Small pelican and map (roughly 67%)
     
     
    2015-16 BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS BASE  (No clean break from Pelican)
    1-21-14 "NOV 15"  Type 1         XSL531 - XTS421         (27,891 S)
                      Type 1a        XVM333 - YDW864        (182,328 S)
            "APR 16"  Type 2         YEX038 - ZNZ429        (807,390 S)
                                                    (TOTAL 1,050,986 S)
     
    Description of Types:
    Type 1 - "www.louisianatravel.com"
    Type 2 - "www.LouisianaTravel.com"