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| MARYLAND Highest 1904-10 pre-state plate known: #10366 Numbers began at #30-000 1921-53. Private Commercial began by 1934, possibly 1932, although a Merchandise Only series was issued 1910-16. Truck plates began (4-30) "48". 1910 1 - 4941 1926 274-217 1911 1000 - 8002 1927 287-833 1912 1000 - 10754 1928 304-851 1913 2034 - 14833 1929 324-774 1914 2051 - 20218 1930 341-782 1915 4000 - 31788 (24362) 1931 385-982* 1916 8001 - 50296 (36748) 1932 389-003* 1917 20-054 - 81-600 (59-649) 1933 385-083* 1918 20-043 - 94-182 (69-851) 1934 377-670 1919 20-000 - 108-303 (84-650) 1935 380-247 1920 20-000 - 112-958, 200215 - 1936 395-957 1921 30-000 - 141-915, 200-628 - 202-868 1937 408-533 1922 30-000 - 150-156, 201-978 - 218-476 3-31-39 507-982* 1923 30-000 - 184-377, 200-034 - 237-662* 3-31-40 521-352* 1924 30-000 - 223-076 3-31-41 543-741* 1925 30-000 - 241-821 WASHINGTON NUMBER BLOCKS KNOWN 1910 1500 - 1999, 1917 60-000 - 3000 - 3499, 1918 80-000 - 4250 - 4499 1919 85-000 - 99-999 1911 2501 - 3500 1920 100-000 - 1912 3000 - 3999 1921 (100-000 President) 1913 4500 - 5000 1922 (200-000 President) 1914 5000 - 1923 200-001 -(225-623 reg. card) 1915 25000 - 1924 (35,000 P allocated) 1916 40000 - 1916-53: Plain low numbers <#2-700 are Bus plates, identical to passenger except "APRIL 52". 1919: Statewide number block 20-000 - 84-999 "nearly exhausted" as of 6/12/1919; letter "A" reportedly expected next. #100-000 was issued 6/11/1919; 74-123 issued on 7/1/1919. 1920-23: #200-000+ may be statewide overflow, used instead of "A". #100-000 on DC car #100 in 1922. 1924: Washington office closed since reciprocity agreement was reached just prior to issuance. 1925: First year Baltimore number block assigned to help deter automobile thefts. 30-000 - 100-000 = Baltimore. 1927: Baltimore 30-000 - 124-999, all other counties 125-000 - 299-999. 1930: 343-999 highest listed as of 12/30/1930. 1934: 30-000 - 149-999 Baltimore residents (#133-413 seen), 150-000 - 199-999 Private Commercial (#181-481 seen), 200-000 - 399-999 county residents (#377-670 seen). (These blocks assumed to continue through 1937) 1935: #136-000, 174-795 seen. 1936: #143-157, 190-173 seen. 1937: #139-490, 190-291 seen. 3-31-39: 30-000 - 229-000 Baltimore residents (#151-268 seen), 230-000 - 299-999 Private Commercial (#255-496 seen), 300-000 - 599-999 county residents (#507-982 seen). (In 1937 and before, county series had begun at 200-000) 1944: Tab for front plate only. 1948: #796-812 - 797-849 have "P.T." (Permanent Tag), not "48". Number series resrved was #795-000 - 799-999. BASEPLATES TABS (EXP 3-31 or 4-30) 3-31-42 30-000 - 653-519 1943 37029 - 388602 1944 515235 - 945912* 3-31-45 30-000 - 687-389 1946 8608 - 380747 1947 503862 - 901634 (3-31) 48 30-000 - 794-596, 21-335 1949 21268 - 624261* (4-30) 48 800-000 - 998-223 (Truck) 1950 11006 - 706110* 1951 69 - 685503 MARCH 52 30-000 - 795-077 1953 60973 - 789282* APRIL 52 800-000 - 895-725 (Truck) (3-31) 1954 - 3-31-61 FORMAT No I, M-Z used. AA-10-01 - AA-10-99, AA-11-01 - AA-99-99, AB-10-01 - AJ-99-99, BA-10-01 - JJ-99-99 (1954 Capacity = 721,710) Frederick News-Post, 12/19/1952: "Only the letters A to J with I excluded could be used because of the limitation of nine spaces on tabulating and filing machines in the motor vehicle department." Quadruple repeaters omitted 3/31/58 on, i.e. 11-11, 22-22, etc. Reserved Prefixes (3-31) 1954-75: AG,AL,BB,BE,BF,BG,BJ,BN,BP,BT?, CC-CD,EE,EF,FB,FD,FM,FP,HG,KC?,LC,MP?,RI,SB. All are included in totals as appropriate letter series reached, even if some may have used less than their full 8,910 (later 8,901) capacity. K and L gradually added 1954-60. Possible expected order: KA-KB, JK, HK, GK, FK, EK, DK, CK, BK, AK, KC-KG, AL, BL, CL, DL, EL, FL, GL, HL, JL, KH-KL, LA-LG PLATES SEEN (K/L PREFIXES EXPECTED) (3-31) 54 JF-64-35 (691,451 P) (3-31) 55 JJ-85-74, KA-95-43, KB-78-35, JK-91-18, HK-71-51 (3) (3-31) 56 GK-78-70, FK, EK, DK, AK-47-01 (Verify CK,BK) (10) 3-31-57 KC, KD, KE, KF, KG-14-47 (Verify CK) (15) 3-31-58 AL-64-43, BL, CL, DL, EL, FL, GL, HL, JL-91-17 (19) 3-31-59 (21) 3-31-60 KH, KJ, KK, KL, LA, LB-51-09 (27) 3-31-61 LC, LD, LE, LF, LG-35-17 (32) 3-31-62 - (3-31) 75 FORMAT No I,O,Q,U used. AA-10-01 - AA-10-99, AA-11-01 - AA-99-99, AB-10-01 - ZZ-99-99 3-31-62 FY-46-13 (1,160,703*P) 3-31-63 FN-97-62 (1,094,589*P) 3-31-64 FX-91-68 (1,156,308*P) 3-31-65 GF-1207 (1,219,641*P) 3-31-66 GP-7734 (1,297,306*P) 3-31-67 GZ-8932 (1,369,698*P) 3-31-68 HG-7966 (1,431,050*P) 3-31-69 HT-5833 (1,517,950*P) 3-31-70 JB 9239 (1,583,626*P) (3-31) 1971-75 BASE Description of Types: (3-31) 1981-87 BASE No I,O,Q,U used. 1980 Undated Type 1 AAA 001 - EDF 474 (2,005,467 P) Type 2 EFA 599 - EJY 642 (85,958 P) 1982 "83" Type 1a EKD 018 - KEE 037 (2,308,709 P) 1985 "86" Type 3 KEM 999 - KHN 139 (66,074 P) (TOTAL 4,517,617 P) Description of Types: Type 1 - Steel, white back Type 2 - Aluminum, unpainted back Type 3 - As Type 1, but wide space between letters and numbers Replaced October 1986 to September 1987. 1984-87 ANNIVERSARY BASE No I,O,Q,U used. 8-1-83 "84" 001 AAA - 828 AKC (200,628 P) Optional $9 one-time extra-cost issue. Aluminum, unpainted back. Replaced October 1986 to September 1987. 1986-2012 SHIELD BASE No I,O,Q,U used. 2-1-86 "11-86" Type 1 NAA 001 - WBH 895 (2,930,962 P) Jul.88 "7-89" Type 2 WBM 430 - ZZZ 999 (1,900,668 P) Jun.92 "6-93" Type 2a AAA 001 - MZZ 999 (5,802,192 P) 9/24/04 "4-07" Type 2b 1AA A01 - 9AK Z99 (197,780 P) 2/26/05 "2-06" Type 3 1AL A01 - 8CM X22 (907,813 P) 11/19/06 "2-07" Type 4 1CN B18 - 6CN Z46 (18,509 P) 12/1/06 Type 3a 1CP A90 - 4GD J43 (1,550,130 P) (TOTAL 13,314,867 P) Description of Types: Type 1 - Steel, white back, no slogan Type 2 - Steel, unpainted back, no slogan (7,900,640) Type 3 - As Type 2, but "www.Maryland.gov" added bottom (2,457,943) Type 4 - As Type 3, but New Jersey dies 1991-2006 CHESAPEAKE BASE No I,O,Q,U used. 12-24-90 "6-91" 001 AAA - 899 BNN (760,139 P) Optional $20 extra-cost issue. Aluminum, unpainted back. BAY series issued in 1990-91. Discontinued 1/26/2004, but still currently revalidated 2010-17 WAR OF 1812 BASE No I,O,Q,U used. 6-14-10 "12-10" 1 M/D 0001 - 9 M/D 9999 (89,999 P) "12-10" 1 A/A 0001 - 9 C/M 8115 (4,948,061 P) (TOTAL 5,038,060 P) Numbers progress 1 0001 - 9 9999, using 2 0000, etc. as needed. Verify: CN (BJ,BS reportedly omitted) 2017-19 PROUD BASE No I,O,Q,U used. 9-26-16 "10-17" 8CN0000 - 6DT0918 (2,140,895 P) Verify: DP,DS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||