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| MASSACHUSETTS Numbering began at 1 all years. 23510 highest listed 1909. Truck began 1911. Branch office distribution began 1924. #666,666 also seen 1927. 1903-07 AUTOMOBILE REGISTER BASE: MARK OBSERVED PLATES TOTAL GAP None 1 - 4959 (4,959) 52 "64" 5012 - 5513 (502) 116 "74" 5630 - 6458 (829) 65 "84" 6524 - 6896 (373) 96 "84" 6993 - 7022 (30) 181 "94" 7204 - 8361 (1,158) 332 "104" 8694 - 8997 (304) 13 "45" 9011 - 9897 (887) 189 "55" 10087 - 10305 (219) 2 "65" 10308 - 11956 (1,649) 131 "36" 12088 - 12838 (751) 162 "46" 13001 - 15806 (2,806) 233 "76" 16040 - 16423 (384) 133 "86" 16557 - 17923 (1,367) 169 "126" 18093 - (1) 265 "17" 18359 - 19813 (1,455) 99 "27" 19913 - 21016 (1,104) 217 "47" 21234 - 21259 (26) 110 "57" 21370 - 21637 (268) 634 "77" 22272 - 22313 (42) 322 "87" 22535 - 22784 (250) 315 None 22935 - "97" 23100 - 23335 (236) 53 "107" 23389 - 23994 (606) No slots 1 - 6896, slots 6993 - 23994 (17,002) Black back 1 - 11997, white back 12293 - 23994 (11,702) Serial font A 1 - 15758, serial font B 16040 - 23994 (7,955) 1908 17433 1921 259,577 1934 748,877* 1909 23464 1922 321,095 1935 733,466* 1910 29027 1923 401,403 1936 728,351* 1911 32771 1924 472,330 1937 754,738* 1912 40626 1925 545,103 1938 750-884* 1913 54042 1926 597,178* 1939 770-203* 1914 61565 1927 623,766* 1940 778-478 1915 79250 1928 643,981* 1941 851-278 1916 101180 1929 711,477 1942 854-111 1917 126,973 1930 748,910* 1945 820-970* 1918 141,672 1931 794,371* 1946 842-580* 1919 177214 1932 743,564* 1947 896-180* 1920 218,779 1933 758,948* 1948 947-144* RESERVED SERIES (No extra fee until 1967 when $2 fee began) 1908-24: #1 - 5,000 1925-26: #1 - 10,000 1927-49: #1 - 100,000 1950-53: #1 - 100-000, K 1 - K10-000 1954-56: #1 - 100-000, K 1 - K10-000, H 1 - H10-000 1949-66 FORMATS RESERVED STANDARD 1 - 99999, 100-000 100-001 - 999-999 K 1 - K9999, K10-000 K10-001 - K99-999 Newspaper articles from 8/3/49 and 9/26/49 mentioned that after 999-999, the letter prefix "K" was to be issued soon, starting at K20-001. Since #K10-315 and K17-978 are verified, either: 1.) The start was revised to K10-001 when issuance began, or 2.) K10-001 - K20-000 was filled in after K99-999 was reached. Non-Pass. Prefixes: A,B,C,D,M,S,T,V, R (1949-59), F (1952-57) INITIAL ASSIGNMENT GRAND TOTAL RESERVED 1942 760,000 854,111 100,000 11.7% 1948 947,144* 100,000 10.6% 1949 1,275,907 106,226 8.3% 1951 875,000 1,347,419 108,094 8.0% 1953 1,173,998 1,463,508 118,830 8.1% 1955 1,179,997 1,572,343 119,342 7.6% 1957 1,677,499 129,560 7.7% 1959 1,787,779 149,999 8.4% 1961 1,499,994 1,913,781 169,823 8.9% 1963 1,599,993 1,821,249* 169,825 9.3% 1964 1,793,814 2,125,152 204,424 9.6% 1966 1,965,444 216,474 11.0% (Highest numbers observed in letter series 1949-80 - See Misc. 1) Plate Type: PAY 1967-73 BLUE/WHITE BASE No I,O,Q used.* 1-1-67 (Undated) FORMAT 100-001 - 999-999 (899,999 P) 1-1-67 (Undated) FORMAT E10-001 - Y99-999 (1,259,986 P) 2-1-69 "JAN 71" FORMAT 100-00E - 999-99Z (1,010,849 P) (TOTAL RESERVED 223,278 P) (TOTAL STANDARD 3,170,834 P) (GRAND TOTAL 3,394,112 P) Reserved Series: 1 - 100-000, E 1 - Z10-000, A - Z, 1 A - 1000 Z. *except reserved series I, O, Q, Q 1000, 100 Q. Non-Pass. Prefixes: A,B,C,D,M,S,T,V Replaced 1972-73. NOV-DEC 72 expirations replaced with OCT 74 red bases. NOV-DEC 73 expirations replaced with NOV-DEC 75 red bases. 1973-80 RED/WHITE BASE No G,I,O,Q used.* 1-1-72 "OCT 73" FORMAT 1E-0000 - 9X-9999 (814,116 P) 1-1-73 "OCT 74" FORMAT 10E-000 - 99R-990 (80,885 P) 1-1-73 "JAN 75" FORMAT E10-000 - Y99-999 (990,000 P) 1-1-73 "JAN 75" FORMAT 100-00E - 999-99Y (804,146 P) 1-1-73 "JAN 75" FORMAT 100-000 - 999-999 (900,000 P) Nov.74 "OCT 76" New letters added in above formats (308,566 P) (TOTAL RESERVED 230,354 P) (TOTAL STANDARD 3,889,343 P) (GRAND TOTAL 4,128,067 P) Reserved Series: 1 - 99999, E 1 - Z 9999, A - Z, 1 A - 9999 Z. (D 197, L 2459, S 144, Y 6963, 1082 D , 993 P, 371 Q, 155 Z seen, 7B8 added "AUG 77") *except reserved series G, I, O, Q, G 9270, 1000 G, Q 1000, 371 Q. Non-Pass. Prefixes: A,B,C,T,V NOV-DEC 74 expirations never existed. New NOV-DEC registrations discontinued January 1977, so no natural "DEC 78" exists. NOV-DEC 80 expirations replaced with OCT 82 green bases. NOV-DEC 81 expirations reassigned to last-digit month and renewed to JAN-OCT 83. Red/White and Green/White bases issued in alternating weeks from March 1977 "FEB 79" to May 1978 "APR 80". Reserved series 1 - 9999 replaced 1981-82. All other series replaced 1982-83. 1979-95 GREEN/WHITE BASE No Q,U, OAA-OZZ used.* 3-1-77 "FEB 79" 100-AAA - 999-VZZ (9,849,600 S) 2-1-81 "JAN 83" Reserved Series 1 - 9999 2-1-83 "JAN 85" Renewals 100-000 - 999-999 (900,000 S) 2-1-83 "JAN 85" All other Reserved Series Nov.89 "OCT 91" Recycled Numbers 774-LLB highest seen (All months seen) (TOTAL STANDARD 10,749,600 S) *Except on reserved series. JAN-OCT expirations used only. *Q,U used in 6th position on very early and very late issues. (324-ALQ "APR 79", 901-AHQ, 330-AEQ seen 1992.) Reserved Series same as 1973-80, with new formats added: A1A - Z99Z, 1A1 - 9ZZ9, O1 - O999, O01 - O099, all I combinations. Non-Pass. Prefixes: A,B,C,T,V. All Reserved series replaced 1989-90. All Standard series currently revalidated. Currently issued only for replacements. 1991-2020 SPIRIT OF AMERICA BASE 2-1-89 "JAN 91" Type 1 All Reserved Series 10-1-93 "MAR 95" Type 1a 100-ZAA - 999-WZZ (2,073,600 P) 10-1-95 "SEP 97" Type 1b 1000 AA - 9999 ZZ (4,622,400 P) 11-1-01 "OCT 03" Type 1c 10A A00 - 99Z Z99 (4,257,000 P) 11-1-06 "OCT 08" Type 1d 100 AA0 - 999 ZZ9 (4,177,800 P) 11-27-07 "OCT 09" Type 1e 1AA 100 - 9ZZ 999 (3,491,564 P) 11-3-11 "OCT 13" Type 1f 1AAA 10 - 9ZZZ 90 (866,749 P) (TOTAL STANDARD 19,489,113 P) Type 1: Reserved series same as 1977-90; all letters used. Type 1a: Progression is ZAA-ZZZ, YAA-YZZ, XAA-XZZ, WAA-WZZ. No Q,U used. (207,360 per month) Type 1b: No Q,U used. IA-IZ, OA-OZ omitted. (475,200 per month except JAN 367,200, FEB 453,600) Type 1c: Progression is 10A A01 - 99A A01, 10A B01 - 99Z Z01, 10A A11 - 99Z Z91. No I,O,Q,U used. (435,600 per month except MAY 390,060, JUN 382,140) Type 1d: No I,O,Q,U used. (435,600 per month except OCT 257,400) Type 1e: Progression is 1AA-1ZZ, then 2AA-2ZZ, etc. No I,O,Q,U used. (392,040 per month) Type 1f: Progression is 1AAA - 1ZZZ, then 2AAA etc. No I,O,Q,U used. (862,488 per month) STANDARD SERIES Feb.94 "JAN 96" 101-ZAA - 991-WZZ 1001 AA - 9991 TZ Mar.94 "FEB 96" 102-ZAA - 992-WZZ 1002 AA - 9992 YZ Dec.93 "MAR 95" 103-ZAA - 993-WZZ 1003 AA - 9993 ZZ Jan.94 "APR 95" 104-ZAA - 994-WZZ 1004 AA - 9994 ZZ Jun.94 "MAY 96" 105-ZAA - 995-WZZ 1005 AA - 9995 ZZ Jul.93 "JUN 95" 106-ZAA - 996-WZZ 1006 AA - 9996 ZZ Aug.94 "JUL 96" 107-ZAA - 997-WZZ 1007 AA - 9997 ZZ Sep.94 "AUG 96" 108-ZAA - 998-WZZ 1008 AA - 9998 ZZ Oct.93 "SEP 95" 109-ZAA - 999-WZZ 1009 AA - 9999 ZZ Nov.93 "OCT 95" 100-ZAA - 990-WZZ 1000 AA - 9990 ZZ STANDARD SERIES JAN 10A A01 - 99Z Z91 100 AA1 - 999 ZZ1 1AA 101 - 9ZZ 991 FEB 10A A02 - 99Z Z92 100 AA2 - 999 ZZ2 1AA 102 - 6YJ 262 MAR 10A A03 - 99Z Z93 100 AA3 - 999 ZZ3 1AA 103 - 8SX 813 APR 10A A04 - 99Z Z94 100 AA4 - 999 ZZ4 1AA 104 - 9ZZ 994 MAY 10A A05 - 99Y Z85 100 AA5 - 999 ZZ5 1AA 105 - 9ZZ 995 JUN 10A A06 - 99T Z86 100 AA6 - 999 ZZ6 1AA 106 - 8WK 396 JUL 10A A07 - 99Z Z97 100 AA7 - 999 ZZ7 1AA 107 - 9HL 357 AUG 10A A08 - 99Z Z98 100 AA8 - 999 ZZ8 1AA 108 - 8YB 928 SEP 10A A09 - 99Z Z99 100 AA9 - 999 ZZ9 1AA 109 - 7KD 659 OCT 10A A00 - 99Z Z90 100 AA0 - 999 NZ0 1AA 100 - 9ZZ 990 STANDARD SERIES JAN 1AAA 11 - 1MFP 51 FEB MAR APR 1AAA 14 - 1BRD 94 MAY 1AAA 15 - 1BMV 25 JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT 1AAA 10 - 9JMY 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||