NEW HAMPSHIRE BOAT PLATES

Began 1916, Private #1 - 9999, Commercial #0001 - 0999.

Issued by Public Service Commission 1916-51, Public Utilities

Commission 1951-61, Motor Vehicle Department 1962-88; to all

motor boats, including non-NH residents.

1916   2394*     1924   1230      1932   2721      1940   4469

1917   2128      1925   1222      1933   2421      1941   5987

1918   1209      1926   1200      1934   2549      1942   4839*

1919   1129      1927   1316      1935  1-712      1943   1626

1920    823      1928   1896      1936   2857      1944   4423

1921   1397      1929   2042      1937   3397      1945   5152

1922   1230      1930   2527      1938   4151      1946   6714

1923    364      1931   2233      1939   4320      1947   9314

VARIATIONS

1933:     Hyphen #1-471, 2-176, no hyphen #2054, 2421.

1934:     Hyphen #2-157, no hyphen #2368.

1936, 1939-40:  Hyphen on #1-000 - 1-999, not on 2000+.

1937-38:  No hyphen on all 4-digits.  (Verify 1934-35, 1941-42)

1944:     Tab slots #1 - 2902, no slots #4423.

1980:     Non-serif "1" #1 - 18169, serif "1" #27915 on.

NUMBERING FORMATS ASSUMED

1948-58:  1 -  9999, X1 - Z999, W1 - W999, V1 - V999, etc. omitting Q,D,C

1959-61, 1980-83, 1988:  1 - 99999

1962-79:  1 -  9999, A1 - Z999, 1A - 999Z omitting I,O,Q

         (1974-76 added 1A01 - 9Z99, 10A1 - 99Z9, A1A - Z99Z)

1984-87:  1 -  9999, A001 - Z999, AA01 - ZZ99 omitting I,O,Q

         (1986-87 added 11AA - 99ZZ)

PLATES SEEN 1948-88         PREFIXES NOT SEEN   (C = Commercial 1948-58,

1948   X951, Y? (10,950)    Z                    D = Dealer 1948-58)

1949   Y837, Z47(12,044)    X

1950      W819  (13,815*)

1951      W871  (13,867)

1952      U467  (15,461)

1953       S29  (17,021)    V

1954      O231  (20,220*)   S

1955      J604  (25,588*)   K,L,P

1956      J128  (25,112)    Z

1957      E845  (30,824*)

1958      B703  (31,681)    A,E,O

1959     36706*

1960     37557*

1961     38051*             PREFIXES   SUFFIXES NOT SEEN

1962      561H  (40,530*)   W

1963      716G  (39,686*)   V

1964      924L  (43,890)    B,R        E

1965      883R  (47,845)    L,N,R      G,L,N

1966      888R  (47,850)               F

1967      821M  (44,786*)   K

1968      582N  (45,546)

1969      816S  (48,777)               K

1970      100U  (50,059)

1971      771U  (50,730)               A

1972      587Y  (54,542)    S

1973      753Y  (54,708)               V,W,X (999Y prison chart)

1974-76   G77Z (113,224)    R

1977 UND. 988Z  (55,942)    D

1978 UND. 518Z  (55,472)    P,Z        U

1979 UND.(A000 format)     (Not tracked, identical to 1974)

1979 DATED   7 - 2931, 119A - 565M

1980     44252*

1981     45991

1982     43854

1983     48579

1984-87   77UX (121,926)

1988     83306

1974-76 LETTERS NOT SEEN

0A00 - C,E,F,H,J,K,L,M,N,P,R,T,U,V,W,X,Z

00A0 - A,B,C,D,E,F,Z

A00A - D,E

A00A - A,D,F,G,J,M,N,T,U

REGISTRATION FIGURES (from period news articles)

1916    1,509

1930    2,830

1935    2,788

1936 (Aug.6) 2,852 Private, 234 Comm.

1937 (Sep.3) 3,601 Private, 287 Comm.

1939    4,710 Private, 5,040 Total

1940    5,557 Private

1942    4,618

1946    7,507

1947    9,399 Private, 9,817 Total

1948   "nearly 12,000"

1949   12,838 Private

1950   12,881 Private

1952   15,602 Total

1953   17,433 Total

1954   19,847 Private, 695 Comm.

1955   22,241

1956   25,851

1956 (Aug.31) 24,332 Private, 730 Comm., 87 Dealers (171 plates)

1957   30,185

1958  (32,450 = 1959 was 7.9% gain over 1958)

1959   35,237

1960   35,608 Private, 36,776 Total

1961   36,496 Private, 970 Comm., 284 Dealer, 37,750 Total

1962 c.37,750 Private, 39,273 Total (40,000 ordered)

1963   38,946 Private, 1,020 Comm., 241 Dealer, 40,207 Total

1967   43,338

1968   45,973

1972 C.47,000

1976   47,707

1979   38,989

1980   40,585

COLORS  (Black Serial all stickers)

1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930   White/Dark Blue

1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1929         Dark Blue/White

1931         White/Dark Green

1932, 1934   White/Dark Red

1933         White/Dark Blue

1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947   White/Dark Green

1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948   Dark Green/White

1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961   White/Dark Green

1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962   Dark Green/White

1963-72   Same as Passenger

1973           White/Red          1981           White/Dark Green

1974-76 (UND.) Red/White          1982           Blue/White

1975 STICKER   White/Blue         1983           White/Blue

1976 STICKER   Blue/White         1984-87 (UND.) Red/White

1977 (UND.)    White/Dark Green   1985 STICKER   Black/Light Blue

1978 (UND.)    White/Blue         1986 STICKER   Black/Red

1979           Red/White          1987 STICKER   Black/Light Green

1980           Black/Yellow       1988           Green/White FR