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Missouri: Passenger

MISSOURI

 

Highest 1907-11 pre-state plate known:  #15560

 

Numbers began at 1 each year.  Truck began 1922.

 

1911    16148         1924   494-892*        1937       703-828*

1912    24241         1925   549-344*        1938       714-932*

1913    35684*        1926   594-190*        1939       730-767

1914    50366         1927   606-009         1940       771-114*

1915    72211         1928   636-905         1941       820-301

1916   103487         1929   665-032         1942       864-938

1917   150544*        1930   698-698*        1943 TAB   747-814*

1918   185705         1931   666-410*        1944       702-858*

1919   242982         1932   656-469*        1945       705-920*

1920   308-533*       1933   597-545*        1946       773-287

1921   349-390*       1934   626-640         1947       827-894

1922   354-638*       1935   654-574*        1948       872-908

1923   430-893*       1936   677-413

 

 

 

1949-55 BASE

Jan.49                1 - 905-000 (75,000 assigned per month,

                                   except 80,000 for DEC)

8/17/49          A-1001 - Z99-999 (A,B,C,E,H,K,M,P,S,X,Y,Z used)

 

 

1956-61 BASE

Jan.55                1 - 999-999 (JAN 75,000, FEB-NOV 85,000

                                   each, DEC 74,999)

Jan.55           A1-001 - Z99-999 (Same letters as 1949-55 used)

Jun.59 "MAY 60" AA0-001 - ZZ9-999 (No D used)

 

 

1962-69, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979      AA0-001 - ZZ9-999

   1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978            A1A-001 - Z9Z-999

RESERVED 1962-79 (Not issued 1978 but #2, 5 seen) 1 -  9-999

 

No D,I,O,Q,U,V used.  Numbers always progress before letters.

D listed 1970-71, seen JAN-FEB 1978.  Q seen JAN-FEB 1978.

V listed 1967-71, seen JUL-NOV 1967 and JAN-FEB 1978.

 

 

1980-97 SHOW-ME STATE BASE

Jan.79  "JAN 80"         AAA 001 - ZZZ 999         (9,477,515 P)

Mar.86  "FEB 87"         A1A 001 - Y9Z 999         (2,661,638 P)

Sep.95  "AUG 96"         0J0 01A - 9P9 99Z           (128,627 P)

                                            (TOTAL 12,267,780 P)

 

No D,I,O,Q,U,V used.  D,Q,U,V added in 1st position only.

Numbers always progress before letters, regardless of position.

(Verify H suffix, V3G 552)

Replaced during 1997.

 

(Numbers known by month 1949-97, and totals by base - Misc. #1)

 

 

1998-2009 RIVER BASE                       No D,I,O,Q,U,V used.*

11-16-96 "JAN 98" Type 1     001 AAA - 248 XLA     (7,372,868 P)

                  Type 2     999 XLP - 978 XRX        (84,895 P)

 5-12-04 "MAR 06" Type 3     973 XSJ - 999 ZZZ       (911,115 P)

 3- 5-06 "JAN 07" Type 3a    0AA 01A - 0DG 18G     (1,324,692 P)

                                             (TOTAL 9,716,292 P)

 

Description of Types:

Type 1 - No debossed center sticker box, 2 corner boxes

Type 2 - Debossed center sticker box, 2 corner boxes (XSB rep.)

Type 3 - Debossed center sticker box, no corner boxes (XSC rep.)

 

Series not coded by month for this base only.

001 AAA - 999 ZZZ = 8,391,600

Numbers always progress before letters, regardless of position.

*D used in 1st alpha position only. (ZDF reported; not counted)

*#000 USA seen.

Some plates in YZA-YZZ series are steel.

Starting 10/1/2002, sticker location switched from corners to

center, with month placed sideways; 599 SKR earliest seen.

Replaced 2008-09.

 

2009-20 BLUEBIRD BASE                            No I,O,Q used.

6-16-08 "MAY 09"             AA0 A1A - YZ9 Z9Z

 

Series coded by month (see Misc. #1).

Numbers progress before letters, regardless of position.
Type 1:  Blue map.  Type 2:  Black map "OCT 10".
 
2019-25 BICENTENNIAL BASE                        No I,O,Q used.
10-1-18 "OCT 19"             BA0 A1A - ZZ9 Z9Z
 
Series continued 2009-20 coding by month (see Misc. #1).
Numbers progress before letters, regardless of position.
All months started at second original letter except FEB which
continued somewhere beyond where the previous base left off.
 
"DEC 25" ZK8 A2X  "SHOW-ME STATE" instead of "BICENTENNIAL", no bottom dates.