All About License Plates

MANITOBA TRUCK PLATES

Began 1925.

1925-31: Numbers higher than passenger blocks; see Passenger page.

Numbers began at T-1 or T1 1932-75. 6,000 ordered 1928.
By 1964, issued to trucks operating within 15 miles of registrant's

address. Later defined as local truck restricted to carrying own

goods within 30-kilometer radius.

LEGENDS
1925-30 Vertical "TRUCK" suffix
1931-75 No legend, "T" prefix
1943 TAB "TRUCK" above serial

1932   T-9-411* 1939    T8-528
1933    T9-835* 1940    T8-031
1934   T10-217                       1941 T7-414
1935 T10-272 1942 T-9839
1936   T13-572*(T-7951, T7-964)      1945   T10-473*
1937 T12-197 1946   T-12820*
1938   T18-144*(T-1023)              1947    T-6020, T30072

1944: 1941 passenger base seen with vertical "TR" above hyphen and vertical

"CK" below hyphen, #16-866, probably used with windshield sticker.

Numbers in BOLD are official final production figures 1948-75.

Certain number blocks skipped; reserved for Farm trucks.

1948-49 BASE

1948 T1 - T19000 (19,000 P)

1950-51 BASE

1950 Type 1 T1 - T20000 (20,000 P)

1950 Type 1a T60001 - T65000 (5,000 P)

(TOTAL 25,000 P)

1952-57 BASE

1952 Type 1: Wide dies T1 - T30000 (30,000 P)

1954 Type 1a T75001 - T90000 (15,000 P)

1955 Type 2: Thin dies T1A - T2000A (2,000 P)

1956 Type 2a T2001A - T7000B (14,999 S)

(TOTAL 47,000 P,

14,999 S)

1958-63 BASE

1958 Type 1 T1 - T50000 (50,000 P)

1961 Type 1a T100A - T9999A (9,900 P)

1962 Type 1b T1B - T7500B (7,500 P)

(TOTAL 67,400 P)

1964-70 BASE             All letters used. B,D,E start at 1001.
1964 Type 1                        T1 - T50000        (50,000 P)
1966 Type 1a                      T1A - T2000E        (38,996 P)
                                                (TOTAL 88,996 P)

1971-75 BASE                                         No TB used.
1971 Type 1: Square "100,000"      T-1 - T76-750     (76,750 P)
1973 Type 2: Round "100,000"  T76-751 - T99-999     (23,249 P)
     Type 2a                     TA-101 - TD25-00     (22,198 P)
                                               (TOTAL 122,197 P)

1976-82 BASE                     No F,I,J,M,O,P,Q,R,V,Y*,Z used.
1976 Type 1                 TAA-101 - TXX-999        (199,578 P)
1979?Type 1a                YBA-101 - YLH-948        (100,637 P)
                                               (TOTAL 300,215 P)

*Y added in 1st position only. YNN-999 highest manufactured.
TAX,TET,TNT omitted.

1983-98 BASE                       No F,I,J,M,O,Q,R,V,Y,Z used.*
1983          Type 1        101 TAA - 999 TUD        (190,588 P)
1986          Type 2        101 TUE - 999 TXX         (39,556 P)
1988          Type 2a       101 YAA - 999 YAH          (6,293 P)
1988          Type 3 101 YAK?- 999 ZGC        (356,004 S)
                                               (TOTAL 236,437 P)
                                                      356,004 S)

Description of Types:
Type 1 - Graphic, reflective
Type 2 - Non-graphic, non-reflective white, short slogan
Type 3 - Alberta dies, non-reflective white, wide slogan 222 ZBJ
Type 4?- As Type 3, but cream, not white?

*Y-Z added in 4th position only. All letters used in all
positions on Type 3, starting at (ZBJ). Pairs last issued
10/1987. Monthly Staggered Registration began 3/1/1995 for

renewals and 6/19/1995 for new registrations, same as passenger.

Replaced 8/1/1997 to 7/31/1998.

Truck series discontinued 8/1/1997; passenger plates issued since

with Blue/White "T" sticker in UL corner.