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Puerto Rico: Passenger

PUERTO RICO
No 1906-16 first-issue black/white "P.R." plates are known, although registration
numbers are estimated to have reached #4330 or so.
Effective July 1, 1916, annual plates were issued in different color schemes each
fiscal year.  It is not known when dates were added to the plates, leaving a
possibility of up to 6 years of undated issues (of which 3 are known) before the
1922/23 dated plate.  Truck known by 1921/22.
(5-digit expected 1935/36, 1936/37, 1938/39)
 
1906-16 UNDATED BASE   (none known)
 
1916/17 - 1921/22 ANNUAL PLATES
Undated White/Red      Porcelain     722
Undated White/Maroon   Embossed    1-447
Undated White/Green    Embossed    H 420   (Found in box of 1922 U.S. plates)
 
1922/23         - 4545                        1935/36    895 - 10578
1923/24                                       1936/37   1789 - 10081
1924/25    509  -                             1937/38    768 - 14513
1925/26   7080  - 8792                        1938/39    359 -  4-420
1926/27   3009  - 9096                        1939/40   1890 - 15101
1927/28         - 9628                        1940/41    812 - 18051
1928/29   1456  - 7896                        1941/42   2395 - 17870, 38256
1929/30   3-161 - 9-054                       1944/45    878 - 13683
1930/31   4-035 - 4-284                       1945/46   1260 - 13975
1931/32   1299  - 9785                        1946/47   7606 - 18165
1932/33   2349  - 9993                        1948/49   6228 - 18650, A-56599
1933/34   9350  - 9868                        1949/50        - 16991, 62008
1934/35         - 9375
 
PASSENGER
1950/51   7-111, 11-302, 13-206, 19-128, 23-051, 30-719, 37-481, 45-620, 91-978
 
1951/52   7-421, 12-903, 18-166, 29-868, 33-076, 36-200, 37-180, 38-804, 39-417
          102-803
 
1952/53   9-484, 20-098, 24-142, 27-294, 30-960, 46-415
          104-081, 104-184, 104-607, 106-129
 
1953/54   9-286, 15-989, 23-295, 23-564, 24-142, 24-743, 28-019, 29-061, 34-257, 34-449
          101-988, 102-586, 110-996, 119-463
 
1954/55   7-433, 10-240, 13-606, 14-300, 17-055, 24-743, 27-945, 30-448, 32-076, 35-964, 36-692, 37-614, 39-011
          101-158, 101-244, 104-081, 107-648, 109-605, 111-303, 120-207, 121-848, 125-175, 127-027, 127-111
 
1955/56   12-845, 17-872, 25-561, 26-491, 28-481, 35-985, 36-692, 36-943, 40-377, 44-163, 46-043, 46-457
          101-073, 101-727, 103-719, 104-081, 104-221, 105-149, 106-959, 118-741, 124-041, 124-632, 127-356,
          130-594, 132-228, 132-420, 133-859
 
1956/57   15-998, 17-514, 17-776, 25-263, 25-385, 26-232, 27-798, 35-422, 36-284
          103-230, 122-167, 133-045, 134-166, 135-377, 140-690, 141-282, 141-690, 142-607
 
1957/58   9-344, 21-863, 26-124, 31-180
          103-297, 104-938, 108-465, 118-137, 124-756, 132-045, 141-793, 146-241, 154-051, 154-410, 154-508
 
1958/59   18-904, 21-893, 28-062, 32-945, 39-685, 40-259, 44-501
          101-722, 102-253, 105-119, 105-556, 105-923, 108-716, 118-980, 119-106, 120-109, 124-034, 136-514,
          141-067, 141-605, 144-017, 151-664, 153-210, 156-119, 160-899, 162-455, 165-392, 166-865
 
NON-PASSENGER
1950/51   P-44-818, OP-48-925, PA-50-556, H-80-094, X6-97-651, X-25-98-571
 
1951/52   P41-212, NR-74-252 - NR-75-031, H-85-502, HP-89-022
 
1952/53   P-46-512, C-65-838 - C-68-998, NR-73-220 - NR-75-177, T-78-210, X-35-99-003
 
1953/54   NR-74-059 - NR-75-232, A-77-723, X11-97-198
 
1954/55   P-49-265, NR-73-716 - NR-75-921, A-77-726, H-80-361, H-82-583, H-86-428, X/11-96-896
 
1955/56   HPA-15-327, CP-60-876, CPA-61-676, NR-73-193 - NR-75-568, T-78-195, H-87-221, HP-89-325,
          HPA-92-911, X-14-98-062 - X-18-98-284, C-156-001
 
1956/57   MG 2-721, P-47-517 - P-48-382, PA-55-441, FA-61-250, C-65-425 - C-68-329,
          FA-73-372 - FA-75-909, HP-88-918
 
1957/58   P-48-597, C-66-677, X/20-97-976
 
1958/59   P-52-001, OP-53-376, PA-60-426, CP-60-623 - CP-61-176, C-73-976, NR-74-251, O/E 74-601,
          T-77-801, H-86-979, HP-88-256 - HP-90-501, HPA-92-788 - HPA-94-501,
          X-12-97-183 - X-40-100-000, C-116-462 - C-117-701, C-151-947, C-155-110, C-155-681, X-42-167-120
 

1959/60 - 65/66 UNDATED GOLD/BLACK BASE
1959/60 Type 1:  4 long slots       600-000 - 702-889   (102,890 P)
1960/61 Type 2:  Holes only         712-999 - 782-529    (69,531 P)
1962/63 Type 3:  2 short top slots  795-989 - 874-870    (78,882 P)
1963/64 Type 4:  Dated "63-64"      878-353 - 886-777     (8,425 P)
1964/65 Type 3a: Undated            888-533 - 921-984    (33,452 P)
1965/66 Type 6:  Dated "65-66"      926-442 - 982-573    (56,132 P)
1965/66 Type 5:  Und.,straight dies 985-294 - 993-026     (7,733 P)
                                                  (TOTAL 393,027 P)

1966/67 - 69/70 UNDATED YELLOW/BLUE BASE
1966/67 Type 1:  Straight dies      500-000 - 853-140   (353,141 P)
1968/69 Type 2:  Louisiana dies     861-670 - 999-999   (138,330 P)
1969/70 Type 2a                     470-001 - 493-148    (23,148 P)
                                                  (TOTAL 523,148 P)
 

REGION                     1970/71 BASE TYPE 1  1973/74 BASE TYPE 1
Arecibo                      10A000 - 64A999       10K000 - 98K345
Bayamon       (San Juan)     10B000 - 79B999       10T000 - 99T542
Caguas                       10C000 - 69C999       10F000 - 96F522
Este          (San Juan)     10E000 - 49E999       10H000 - 99H134
Santurce      (San Juan)     10J000 - 99J999       10L000 - 99L470
Mayaguez                     10M000 - 69M999       10W000 - 91W571
Uso Negociado (General Use)  10N000 - 99N999       10V000 - 99V174
Ponce                        10P000 - 79P999       10S000 - 99S358
Hato Rey      (San Juan)     10Y000 - 62Y033       10D000 - 99D176
 
 
1970/71 - 72/73 MAP BASE
Type 1:  Straight dies (see above)                      (587,034 P)
Type 2:  Louisiana dies      52E849 - 89E372 (Reflective)
                             10X804 - 41X547 (Non-Refl.)
                             10Z200 - 99Z878 (Reflective)
                             51H833 -        (Unknown)
                                                        (156,948 P)
                                                  (TOTAL 747,535 P)
 

1973/74 - 84/85 BLACK/WHITE BASE
1973/74 Type 1  (see above)                             (792,301 S)
1976/77 Type 2   10R787 - 97R278
1977/78 Type 3   04A015 - 65A783, 20B652 - 99B886, 11Z334 - 87Z760
1978/79 Type 4   90Z976 - 96Z632, 20X133 - 97X373
1978/79 Type 5   00U116 - 93U378
1980/81 Type 6  002G516 - 098G654
        Type 7   67A354 - 84A958, (92A689), (01B844), 14B796,
                 06C275 - 99C682, 02J338 - 99J999
        Type ?   02B248

Description of Types:
Type 1 - Galvanized steel, LA 1972-73 dies, small letter, LR box
Type 2 - Aluminum, LA 1972-73 dies, full-size letter, no box,
         space between "PUERTO" and "RICO"
Type 3 - Aluminum, LA 1972-73 dies, full-size letter, no box,
         normal spacing on "PUERTO RICO"
Type 4 - Aluminum, LA 1974-75 dies, full-size letter, LR box
Type 5 - Aluminum, LA 1974-75 dies, small letter, LR box
Type 6 - Aluminum, LA 1974-75 dies, full-size letter, LL and LR
         boxes, taller "PUERTO RICO"
Type 7 - Aluminum, Louisiana USA dies, full-size letter, no box

Type 1:  72H363 thin "H", 77H459 - 85H991 normal wide "H".
Type 2:  10R787, 67R226 - 92R707 thin "R", 39R799 - 64R981 normal.
Type 5:  01U126 low "U", 14U829 - 61U961 vertically centered "U".


1985/86 - 86/87 COQUI FROG BASE                   All letters used.
1985?           Type 1         AAA-001 - ADB-355         (79,276 S)
1986?           Type 2         ADE-204 - AHT-510        (119,188 S)
                Type 2a        AJB-284 - AKV-085         (45,756 S)
                                                  (TOTAL 247,065 S)
 
Description of Types:  Type 1 - No painted border
                       Type 2 - Painted border


1987/88 - 2007 CASTLE BASE                        All letters used.
Jan.87 "87-88"  Type 1         AIA 505 - AIX 153         (22,626 S)
                Type 1a        AKY 493 - AVV 821        (283,046 S)
1990  "DEC 90"  Type 2         AWD 977 - BAD 737        (103,657 S)
1990   "89-90"  Type 1b        BAM 455 - BGR 417        (160,802 S)
                Type 3         BGV 521 - BGX 001          (1,479 S)
1993  "JUN 94"  Type 1c        BHC 427 - CSC 054        (960,666 S)
1997            Type 4         CSP 955 - DDH 873        (278,640 S)
                Type 1d        DDN 953 - FCW 937      (1,332,651 S)
2003            Type 1e        FLP 179 - FSX 446        (190,078 S)
2005            Type 1f        FUC 081 - HEN 623        (946,596 S)
                                                (TOTAL 4,325,576 S)
 
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Louisiana dies, no sticker boxes (AVY 177 invert)
Type 2 - As Type 1, but 2 sticker boxes
Type 3 - All embossed, no castle graphic
Type 4 - As Type 2, but Waldale dies (Reportedly CSH 375 - DDN 374)
 
[Excursiones        EXC-001 - EXC-999]
[Concesionario      FSY-332 - FTG-339]
[Clasico            FTJ-369 - FTM-496]
[Clasico Modificado FTP-012 - FTP-339]
[Baja Velocidad     FTY-160 - FUA-112, HWC 096 - HWC 213]
 

2002-03 CINCUENTENARIO BASE                       All letters used.
Jan.02                         FCY 398 - FLM 435        (221,816 S)
 
Reportedly issued FCY 001 - FLM 500.
 

2008-22 CASTLE OVER OCEAN BASE                    All letters used.
12-25-07 Type 1:  Hyphen       HEP-004 - HIL-076         (99,973 S)
         Type 2:  No hyphen    HIO 416 - HRM 966        (232,319 S)
2013     Type 2a               IEK 130 - IPR 854        (293,432 S)
         Type 2b               ISZ 375 -
2016     Type 3:  Euro size    ITA 343 -
2016     Type 2c               ITF 335 - IUT 840         (40,466 S)
         Type 3a               IXV 830 - IXZ 499          (3,669 S)
         Type 2d               JEE 544 - JFO 896         (18,317 S)
         Type 2e               JGW 270 -
         Type 2f               JRJ 397 -
         Type 3b               JRX 990 -
                                                  (TOTAL 688,271 S)
 
Type 1 - Reportedly issued HEO-001 - HRR 999, IEF 001 on.
European size plates have $30 extra fee.
 
   
2010-11 MAYAGUEZ 2010 BASE                        All letters used.
8-9-10   Type 1:  U.S. size    HRT 971 - HVZ 507        (111,268 S)
 
Reportedly issued HRS 001 - HVZ 999 (HWA-HWB reportedly skipped).
 
 
2012-13 DOES IT BETTER BASE                       All letters used.
2012     Type 1:  U.S. size    HWD 503 - HZZ 783        (100,181 S)
2013     Type 2:  Euro size    IAA 206 - IAJ 987          (9,773 S)
         Type 3:  U.S. size    IAT 185 - IEI 962         (93,685 S)
         Type 2a               IQR 382 -
                                                  (TOTAL 203,640 S)
 
Type 1 - Green box; reportedly issued HWD 001 - HZZ 999.
Type 2 - Pink box; reportedly issued IAA 001 - IAJ 999.
Type 3 - Pink box; reportedly issued IAO 001 - IEI 999.
 
 
2016-17 SAN JUAN ESTUARY BASE
2016     Type 1:  U.S. size    IAK 816 - IAN 257          (2,439 S)
                              (IAK 001 - IAN 999 reported)
 
 
2019-22 SENADO BASE
2019     Type 1:  U.S. size    JCB 679, JGJ 324 - JGJ 727   (405 S)
 
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE BASE
2020?    Type 1:  U.S. size    JJH 281
 
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION BASE
2020     Type 1:  U.S. size    JKF 665, JLY 364, JME 127, JOL 078, JQH 545
         Type 2:  Euro size    JQK 962
 
BASEBALL 3000 HITS BASE
2023     Type 1:  U.S. size    JWO 415, JYD 942, JZN 132
         Type 2:  Euro size    JRY 813
 
SAN JUAN 500 YEARS
2023     Type 1:  U.S. size    KAJ 540, KBO 406
 
PLAIN CASTLE BASE
2023     Type 1:  U.S. size    KCC 815 - KDK 219         (33,371 S)
         Type 2:  Euro size    KHR 711 - KIM 908         (21,177 S)