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Alaska: Passenger

ALASKA

1921    212 -  323      1927   142 - 1217      1933    157 - 2974
1922    105 -  506      1928   178 - 1350      1934    133 - 3169
1923    132 -  850      1929   177 - 1600      1935    153 - 3019
1924     77 -  999      1930   121 - 1800      1936   1039 - 4294
1925   0005 - 1197      1931     3 - 1539      1937   1073 - 5917
1926    108 -  982      1932   316 - 3046      1938   1004 - 5140

            PASSENGER             FOR HIRE
1939         1 -  4749          5089 -  5500
1940       103 -  5197          6161 -  6800
1941       162 -  5796,         6042 -  6460
          7040 -  7837
1942       111 -  7889         10108 - 10940
1943       163 -  7721         10063 - 10888
1944 TAB   134 -  6691
1945        17 -  7796         10347 - 10664
1946         1 -  8250         10089 - 10632
1947        50 - 11358        (10091 - 10814 all overlapped)
1948        22 - 15049           (to F/H)        Truck began 1948.
1949        13 - 20039
1950         2 - 26187
1951         4 - 34952
1952         5 - 35058  (C-TR. 50074 - 64650)


1953-55 BASE
1953 Type 1:  Dated                      2 - 49941       (49,940 P)
1954 Type 2:  Undated                50125 - 60689       (10,565 P)
1955 Type 2a                         95010 - 95790          (781 P)
                                                   (TOTAL 61,469 P)
(C-TR. 60219 - 90948)

1954 TAB   P00003 -  P40049   (WT66982 - WT71642)
1955 TAB   P  109 - P 56237   (WT62154 - WT75215)


BASEPLATES                               TABS
1956-57   2 - 62657                      1957   P 003138 - P 052369
1958-59   2 - 73362                      1959     P00001 - P53025
1960-61   5 - 92862                      1961     P00001 - P63780
1962-65   1 - 93886, A-1000 - E-3213     1963       9937 -  65143
1966-67   2 - 99909
1968-69   1 - 99910,  B1022 - B7226
 

1970-75 BASE                                             No Q used.
1970 Type 1                        1 - 99963             (99,963 P)
1971 Type 1a                     A23 - A5109              (5,087 P)
1971 Type 2                      B 1 - E1030             (31,027 P)
1972 Type 3                      G 1 - G9999              (9,999 P)
1972 Type 3a                    K 57 - M9990             (29,932 P)
1974 Type 4                   AA 100 - DB 699            (61,800 P)
1975 Type 5                   DB 700 - ED 999            (23,700 P)
                                                  (TOTAL 261,508 P)

Description of Types:
Type 1 - Dated "70" (no space after letter)
Type 2 - Dated "71-70" (space after letter)
Type 3 - Dated "71-72", unpainted back
Type 4 - Dated "74"
Type 5 - Dated "75"

Prefixes not seen:  AS,BM,BO,BS,CI,CT,CW,DA,DT.

1973-dated plates AAA-100 - AAD-999 were trial run, never issued.


1976-82 BEAR BASE                           No I,O,Q, ANA-ANZ used.
1-2-76                        AAA 100 - ASZ 999         (299,700 P)
 
Prefixes not seen: AAS,ABM,ADA,AGC,AGG,APE,APU,ARS,ASB,ASE,ASS,AST.
AXA 202 - AXA 263, invert AXA 622 also seen; not counted.
Replaced May 1981 to April 1982.


1982-99 SCREENED FLAG BASE                           No I,O,Q used.
5-1-81  "MAY 82"  Type 1      BAA 100 - BTH 647         (329,048 P)
May 84  "MAY 85"  Type 2      BTJ 109 - CBY 976         (128,668 P)
Jun.88  "JUN 89"  Type 1a     CBZ 128 - DJX 999         (490,472 P)
                                                  (TOTAL 948,600 P)
Description of Types:  Type 1 - Irwin-Hodson dies
                       Type 2 - Polyvend dies

See omitted prefixes.  Currently revalidated.


1998-2006 GOLD RUSH CENTENNIAL BASE                 No I,O,Q used.*
Jan.98  "MAY 98" Type 1       DJY 100 - EMP 982         (512,083 P)
2004    "JAN 05" Type 2       EMR 105 - ERT 999          (64,795 P)
                                                  (TOTAL 576,900 P)
Description of Types:  Type 1 - 2 sticker boxes
                       Type 2 - No sticker boxes

DMV, DUA-DUZ omitted.  *EAQ mistakenly ordered and issued.
Issued only to new registrations, now including trucks.
Currently revalidated.


2005-25 EMBOSSED FLAG BASE                          No I,O,Q* used.
10-28-04 "OCT 05" Type 1      ERU 100 - ERV 479           (1,280 P)
10-28-04 "OCT 05" Type 2      ERV 490 - EUB 717          (47,028 P)
Jul.05   "JUL 07" Type 3      EUC 101 - FGE 999         (233,099 P)
2010     "JUL 11" Type 3a     GAA 100 - GZZ 999         (475,200 P)
2016     "APR 17" Type 3b     KAA 100 - KET 270          (97,371 P)
Mar.20            Type 4      KEU 248 - KJJ 479          (74,932 P)
                  Type 4a     KJJ 480 - KJX 974          (11,295 S)
Mar.23   "JAN 25" Type 5      KJY 102 - KJZ 483           (1,282 S)
                                                  (TOTAL 930,080 P,
                                                         (12,604 S)

Description of Types:
Type 1 - Screened, same as 1982-98 Flag Base but no sticker boxes
Type 2 - All embossed, small stars in flag
Type 3 - All embossed, large stars in flag
Type 4 - As Type 3, but thick 1970 dies
Type 5 - Screened, square dies

No EXG-EXZ seen.  FAA, FAG, FCK, GAY omitted.  FUZ series ordered
mistakenly and issued; FUZ 119 seen but not counted.
*GPQ 680, GQA 263 - GQC 788 seen but not counted.
Issued only to new registrations, including trucks.
Additional design change from pointed to pentagonal stars reported
between ESU and ESW series.
Last pair seen:  KJJ 479


2009-11 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF STATEHOOD BASE           No I,O,Q* used.
1-2-08   "FEB 09"              FGF100 - FUW999           (220,500 P)

FKA-FKZ, FUC, FUK omitted.  FPQ, FRQ ordered mistakenly and issued.
 
 
2015-25 NEW BEAR BASE                               No I,O,Q used.
May 15   "NOV 15"  Type 1    JAA 100 - JPU 974         (285,275 P)
2019     "JUN 21"  Type 2    JPV 171 - JWF 666         (112,996 P)
                   Type 2a   JWF 667 - JWS 684           (9,018 S)
10-17-23 "MAR 25"  Type 3    JWV 451 - JYL 999          (34,749 S)
                                                 (TOTAL 398,367 P,
                                                         46,233 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Thin 1976 dies
Type 2 - Thick 1970 dies
Type 3 - Square dies
 
Last pair seen:  JWF 666
 
 
2020-25 ARTISTIC BASE                              No I,O,Q* used.
Mar. 18  "AUG 20"  Type 1    LAA 100 - LBT 774          (35,775 P)
2019?              Type 2    LBU 131 - LGU 735         (104,105 P)
                   Type 2a   LGU 736 - LJG 777          (31,542 S)
Mar. 23   "3 25"   Type 3    LJH 950 - LJY 249          (11,899 S)
                                                 (TOTAL 140,136 P,
                                                         44,514 S)
Description of Types :
Type 1 - Dark Blue/Green at upper left and right
Type 2 - Lighter Gray at upper left and right
Type 3 - As Type 2, but square dies
 
LBQ 100 - LBQ 965 seen, all unissued; not counted.
Last pair seen:  LGU 735
 
Permanent undated stickers:  "P" = senior citizens. "Z" = rural areas.
"P" allows one vehicle (any year) to have a permanent registration based on
owner's age.  "Z" is for vehicles over 10 years old to be permanently
registered in non-incorporated areas of the state that have no municipal tax.