CONNECTICUT
Highest 1903-05 pre-state plate known: #C3228
#C3559 highest listed in state ledger.
1905-09 FIRST ISSUE BASE
MARK OBSERVED PLATES TOTAL GAP SIZE
"85" C1 - C999 (999) 5 1/4" x 9 1/4"
"85" C1000 - C1867 (868) 37 5 1/4" x 11 3/4"
"105" C1905 - C2223 (319) 87 5 1/4" x 11 3/4"
"36" C2311 - C2551 (241) 92 (5 1/2" x 11 3/8" reported)
C1328 reissue 5 1/4" x 11 3/4"
"46" C2644 - C2860 (217) 207 5 1/4" x 11"
"66" C3068 - C3448 (381) 152 5 1/4" x 11"
"76" C3601 - (1) 253
"96" C3855 - C4000 (146) 19 5 1/4" x 11"
"106" C4020 - C4084 (65) 31 5 1/2" x 11 1/2" (C4045)
"116" C4116 - (1) 73
"17" C4190 - (1) 126 5 1/4" x 11"
"37" C4317 - C4384 (68) 103 5 1/2" x 11 1/4"
"47" C4488 - (1) 51
"57" C4540 - C4828 (289) 51 5 1/2" x 11 3/8"
"67" C4880 - C5021 (142) 199
C1827 reissue 5 1/2" x 11 1/2" (?)
C3405 reissue 5 1/2" x 11 3/8"
C3901 reissue
"77" C5221 - C5473 (253) 80 5 1/2" x 11 3/8"
"87" C5554 - C6062 (509) 160 5 1/2" x 13 1/2"
"97" C6223 - C6698 (476) 81 5 1/2" x 13 1/2"
"107" C6780 - C7402 (623) 266 5 1/2" x 13 1/2"
"127" C7669 - (1) 61 5 1/2" x 13 1/2"
"59-X" C7731 - C7997 (267) 13 5 1/2" x 13 1/2"
Type 2 C8011 - C8921 (911) 565 5 1/2" x 13 1/2"
Type 3 C9487 - (1) 47 5 1/2" x 13 1/2"
Type 4 C9535 - C9682 (148) 49 5 1/2" x 18 1/2"
Type 5 C9732 - C9985 (254) 5 1/2" x 18 1/2"
MARK REISSUED NUMBERS GAP
None C34, C198, C996 5 1/2" x 11 1/2"
"38" C352 - C1388 278
"48" C1667 - 159
"68" 1st C1772 - 104 5 1/2" x 13 1/2"
"58" C1827 - 54
"68" 2nd C1909 - C2237 438 5 1/2" x 13 1/2"
"78" C2676 - C3201 117
"88" C3319 - C3446 1,278
"39" C4725 - C5387
Description of Types: (All have white back, all marks red)
Type 1 - Round dies, rear plate has no bolt slots, marks as above
Type 2 - Round dies, rear plate has no bolt slots, no mark
(C1755, C2309, C6216 have grommets!)
Type 3 - Round dies, both plates have bolt slots, no mark
(C7091 non-serif "1", C8011 serif "1")
Type 4 - Square dies, short slots, no mark
Type 5 - Square dies, long slots, Ing-Rich stamp
1910-13 plates are undated.
Renewals automatically received same number yearly if renewed before
deadline, except for certain numbering system changes in 1924, 1932 and 1957.
Truck began 1914. 1914-31 Commercial plates have reverse colors;
all-numeric except "C" prefix used only in 1918-21.
1910: 10000 highest listed in directory as of 5/15/1910.
1913: 21303 highest listed in directory as of 9/10/1913.
1910 C 1 - C11367* 1918 1 - 69-768 1924 (177,987)
1911 C 1 - C13922* 1919 1 - 83-630* (171,302)
1912 C 1 - C17741 1920 1 - 99-982* 1925 (191,401)
1913 C 1 - C21792* 1921 1 - 109-845 1926 (211,879)
1914 1 - 24687 1922 1 - 124-551 1927 (239,421*)
1915 1 - 33888* 1923 1 - 156-452* 1928 (255,383)
1916 1 - 49000* 1929 (273,676)
1917 1 - 61503 1930 (281,398*)
1931 (292,616*)
1924-31 FORMATS 1 - 9999, 10-000 - 99-999 Non-Pass. Prefixes:
A-1 - Z-9999 B,C,J,O,T,U.
1925 added 100-000 - 199-999
1926 added A-10-000 - A-99-999
BRANCH OFFICES: (1924 bold is initial assignment)
HARTFORD/STATEWIDE ISSUE BRIDGEPORT*
1924 99-999 P-1999 Z-2999 F-9999 H-9999 S-9999
1924 97-585 P-3480 Z-3299 F-7617 H-9692 S-6869
1925 104-522 P-9595 Z-6521 F-8026 H-9927 S-7763
1926 111-895 P-8765 Z-9048 F-17-153 H-8139 S-7979
1927 118-011 P-9912 Z-8214 F-17-582 H-9307 S-18-214
1928 127-450 P-9899 Z-7496 F-19-165 H-6403 S-21-701
1929 134-916 P-8765 Z-8474 F-19-963 H-13-937 S-25-734
1930 132-961 P-9950 Z-9823 F-18-459 H-4198 S-26-860
1931 136-183 P-9950 Z-9269 F-19-415 H-11-326 S-25-882
*S = Stamford 1927-31
NEW HAVEN* NEW LONDON WATERBURY
1924 A-9999 E-999 Y-9999 N-9999 L-999 K-9999 V-999
1924 A-9634 E-9867 Y-5284 N-8292 L-733 K-8000 V-950
1925 A-8817 E-5728 Y-7943 N-9385 L-786 K-9651 V-2737
1926 A-3551 E-9758 Y-9276 N-9419 L-1478 K-9936 V-5482
1927 A-11-055 E-9937 Y-7266 N-9609 L-4272 K-9242 V-6800
1928 A-14-172 E-9699 Y-9097 N-8802 L-3627 K-9908 V-7964
1929 A-15-532 E-5619 Y-3922 N-9839 L-6697 K-11-231 V-9047
1930 A-18-664 E-8472 Y-17-736 N-8242 L-6848 K-10-146 V-9039
1931 A-19-732 E-10-284 Y-16-539 N-9721 L-8382 K-10-079 V-5854
*Y = Danbury 1930-31
1932-56 FORMATS 1 - 9999
A 1 - Z 999
A/A 1 - Z/Z 999
No D,Q used except YD = Yankee Division.
No C,O,R,X used in 1st position except R 1 - R 999.
Prefixes omitted (1934):
BO, BS, GC, GO, GU, II-IJ, IN, IP, J-JZ, NG, PP, PU, SB, SM, SR,
SX, T-TZ, U-UZ, WC, YP, ZH. (T-TZ likely added 1941, as
Temporary moved from T prefix to suffix in either 1941 or 1942.)
1934 BRANCH OFFICE ASSIGNMENTS TOTAL
Hartford 1 - 9999, AL 1 - AL 999, YD 1 - YD 500,
B 1 - BZ 999 (also G,I,M,P series)
V 1 - V 999, VA 1 - VZ 100,
Z 1 - Z 999, ZA 1 - ZF 100, ZG 1 - ZG 500 130,782
New Haven A 1 - AZ 999 (except AL = American Legion),
Y 1 - YO 999, YR 1 - YR 100 39,061
Bridgeport F 1 - FZ 999, H 1 - HE 999, HF 1 - HG 100 30,170
Danbury E 1 - EJ 999, EK 1 - EK 500 10,490
Stamford S 1 - SZ 999, ZI 1 - ZL 999, ZM 1 - ZM 100
R 1 - R 999 26,074
Waterbury K 1 - KU 999, KV 1 - KW 100 20,180
New London L 1 - LK 999, LL 1 - LN 100 11,289
Norwich N 1 - NJ 999 8,991
Willimantic W 1 - WH 999, WI 1 - WI 100 7,093
TOTAL 284,130
1932 assignments: Same as 1934 but Hartford to BZ,GZ,IZ,MZ,PZ,VZ,
New Haven AZ,YO, Bridgeport FZ,HG, Danbury EJ, Stamford SZ,RG(?),
Waterbury KW, New London LO, Norwich NI, Willimantic WH.
Omitted prefixes included IN,IP,NG,PP,PU,SB,SM,SR,SX,WC.
CITY 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Hartford VJ 850 PV 965 ZG 500 PZ 716 VJ 838
VX 7 VO 59 VZ 100 VS 82 VV 52
ZF 100 YD 999
New Haven YN 585 YC 904 YT 769 YY 655 YZ 186
Bridgeport HF 341 HC 33 HK 350 HK 58 HO 698
Danbury EG 376 EK 962 EK 500 EL 53 EL 630
Stamford ST 856 ZJ 476 ZS 716 ZS 948 ZX 681
Waterbury KT 620 KT 354 KU 999 KZ 634 KZ 547
KW 100
New London LL 239 LK 647 LL 776 LM 533 LN 853
LN 8 LN 100 LN 4
Norwich NI 524 NI 672 NJ 999 NL 758 NK 868
Willimantic WH 120 WI 369 WI 100 WK 124 WL 419
1937-47: Verify EZ,NZ,UZ,VZ. (EZ,NZ,UZ seen 1948-56)
1937-47: Verify BD,ED,GD,ID,PD,SD,UD,WD.
(BD,GD,PD,WD seen 1948-56, SD seen 1957 base)
Omitted prefixes seen: 1932 GO 988, GU 75, II 925, 1935 TF 153,
TT 1, 1948-56 II 305, 1957 NG 512, 1968 SM 745, 1970 BS 117.
1937-47 VERTICAL "CONN" BASE No Q used. No C,D,O,R,X in 1st pos.
1937 Type 1 1 - 9999 (9,999 P)
1937 Type 1a A/ 1 - Z/Z 999 (519,480 P)
1941 Type 2 2/A 1 - 7/V 925 (145,780 P)
1945 Type 3 7/X 630 - 7/Y 736 (1,106 P)
1946 Type 1b 8/F 268 - 8/Z 865 (18,580 P)
1946 Type 4 9/A 525 -
1946 Type 5 9/B 40 - 9/Z 900 (23,838 P)
1947 Type 6 A/2 501 - Z/3 639 (33,439 P)
(TOTAL 763,119 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - No painted border, natural aluminum (JZ 247, TV 967, UX 849)
Type 2 - No painted border, painted steel (issued as of 7/8/1941;
new number series started to make it easy to recall them
later should aluminum become available again)
Type 3 - No painted border, painted aluminum
Type 4 - Black border, wider "CONN", reflective brass
Type 5 - Black border, wider "CONN", painted brass
Type 6 - As Type 5, but light natural aluminum
Series C - C/Z, C/2 - C/5 = Combination 1941-47.
1937 base issued with 4 aluminum bolts.
1938 TAB: 410,000 P ordered from manufacturer.
Hartford Courant 10/30/1946 mentions that manufacture of brass plates
will start "this week", with 90,000 planned for replacements and new
registrations; "expected to be ready for issue not earlier than
January" 1947 (still with '46 tabs). "The new plates will be of the
reflectorized type..."
NEW FORMATS 1941-56 (Letter progresses before small number)
2/A 1 - 9/Z 999 (199,800) No Q used.
A/2 100 - Z/9 999 (136,800) No C,D,I,O,Q,R,X used.
A/A 1000 - B/B 5855 (211,856) No Q used.
(Verify AI,AL,AV)
1948-56 HORIZONTAL "CT" or "CONN" BASE No Q used.
1948 Type 1 1 - 9999 (9,999 P)
1948 Type 1a A/ 1 - Z/Z 999 (519,480 P)
1948 Type 1b 2/A 1 - 6/I 418 (108,310 P)
1950 Type 2 6/M 156 - 9/Z 999 (87,757 P)
1951 Type 2a A/2 100 - Z/9 999 (136,800 P)
1953 Type 3 10000 - 99999 (90,000 P)
1954 Type 4 A/A 1000 - A/C 9913 (26,914 P)
1954 Type 5 A/D 1338 - A/F 8891 (25,554 P)
1955 Type 6 A/G 8116 - B/B 5855 (150,740 P)
(TOTAL 1,167,935 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Refl. Light Gold, "CT" (637,789 P)
Type 2 - Refl. White, old dies, "CT" (224,557 P)
Type 3 - Refl. White, new dies, "CT" (issued December 1953)
Type 4 - Heavy natural aluminum, "CT"
Type 5 - Heavy natural aluminum, "CONN"
Type 6 - Light natural aluminum, "CONN"
1957-77 "CONNECTICUT" BASE No Q used. No C,D,O,R,X in 1st pos.
1957 "57" Type 1 1 - 99999 (99,999 P)
1957 "57" Type 1a A 1 - KO 24 (222,801 P)
1957 "57" Type 2 KP 454 - ZZ 999 (295,251 P)
1957 "57" Type 1b AA1000 - BH8897 (295,898 P)
1958 "58" Type 1c 100-000 - 195-589 (95,590 P)
1960 "60" Type 3 203-047 - 592-367 (389,321 P)
1963 "JULY63" Type 4 603-773 - 660-796 (57,024 P)
1963 "OCT 63" Type 3a 682-939 -
Type 4a 684-767 -
1964 "SEPT64" Type 3b 690-727 - 743-914 (53,188 P)
1964 "DEC 64" Type 4b 771-780 - 908-706 (136,927 P)
1965 "SEPT65" Type 3c 925-058 - 982-243 (57,186 P)
Type 4c 999-218 -
1966 "SEPT66" Type 4d BJ-1845 - BM-8256 (33,412 P)
1966 "SEPT66" Type 3d BN-2263 - BN-9450 (7,188 P)
Type 4e BP-7328 - BP-8971 (1,644 P)
1966 "NOV 66" Type 3e BR-7323 - BS-1501 (3,179 P)
1966 "JULY66" Type 4f BS-4641 - BV-6051 (28,411 P)
1966 "JULY66" Type 5 BW-5624 - EP-3506 (159,883 P)
1967 "SEPT67" Type 6 ER-1935 - ER-9527 (7,593 P)
1967 "OCT 67" Type 5a ES-1522 - ES-5131 (3,610 P)
1967 "FEB 68" Type 6a ET-1442 - FK-6319 (148,878 P)
1968 "JAN 69" Type 7 FM-6600 - FO-8171 (19,572 P)
1968 "JAN 69" Type 8 FO-9666 - JB-6634 (527,969 P)
1971 "JUNE71" Type 9 JC-8231 - NZ-9999 (1,045,769 P)
1974 "NOV 74" Type 9a ZA-1000 - ZF-9401 (53,402 P)
(TOTAL 3,921,881 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - 8 1/4" legend, square corners, dark blue back, tab slots
Type 2 - 8 1/8" rounded legend, otherwise as Type 1 (300,000 made)
Type 3 - 8 1/4" legend, square corners, light blue back, tab slots
Type 4 - 8 3/8" legend, round corners, light blue back, tab slots
Type 5 - 8 3/8" legend, round corners, white back, no slots
Type 6 - 7 3/4" legend, round corners, white back
Type 7 - 7 3/4" legend, round corners, light blue back
Type 8 - 7 1/2" legend, square corners, light blue back, new dies
Type 9 - 7 1/2" legend, square corners, white back, new dies
All-numeric series 1 - 999-999 replaced 1992 with same number.
All other series replaced September 2000 to October 2002 with same
number.
1957 TAB 31543 - 1010090*
1958 TAB 13911 - 1280006*
AMOUNTS BY FORMAT
1 - 99999 (99,999)
A 1 - ZZ 999 (519,480)
100-000 - 999-999 (900,000)
AA1000 - ZZ-9999 (2,411,402)
(TOTAL 3,930,881)
AA-0000 PREFIXES NOT USED No I,Q used except AI,UI,VI,WI.
CA-CZ = Combination No C,D,O,R,X used in 1st position.
DV = Disabled Veteran Verify:
MD = Medical Doctor BO,FL,GD,PP,PU,UP
SX = Special Dealer
1974-77 WHITE CONSTITUTION BASE No I,Q used.
Jun.74 "SEP 74" PA-1000 - TP-2717 (532,718 P)
Order of issue: SA-SZ, PA-PZ, TA-TP.
Replaced 1991 with same number.
1977-2001 BLUE CONSTITUTION BASE No I*,Q, CAA-CZZ, LAA-LZZ used.
Jan.76 "FEB 77" Type 1: No map TP-6306 - YZ-9999 (966,694 P)
1979 "NOV 79" Type 1a ZG-3638 - ZZ-9999 (159,362 P)
7-1-80 "SEPT81" Type 1b 100-AAA - 999-EVX (1,985,400 S)
7-1-87 "SEPT87" Type 2: Map 100-EVY - 436-NWG (3,636,337 P)
(TOTAL 4,762,393 P,
1,985,400 S)
*UI,VI,WI issued.
Replaced September 2000 to August 2002 with same number.
White/Red replacement sticker (paper or plastic) issued to extend
expiration of plate being replaced.
1993-2022 PRESERVE THE SOUND BASE No I,Q used.
Oct.92 "SEPT93" 100-LAA - 530-LEK (94,931 P)
Optional $50 extra one-time-cost issue.
LIS series available for extra fee, prefix or suffix.
2001-24 GRAPHIC CONSTITUTION BASE
12-24-99 "JAN2001" Dot 100-NZN - 999-ZZX (4,667,400 P)
7- 9-13 No dot 0AAAA0 - 9AGGX9 (214,400 P)
1- -14 Dot 0AG-HA0 - 5AX-PU7 (605,676 P)
8- -15 Dot AA-00000 - BM-95717 (3,495,714 P)
(TOTAL 8,983,190 P)
Numbers always progress before letters, regardless of position.
000-AAA: No I,Q used, OAA-OZZ and VAA-VZZ omitted.
0AA-AA0: No C,I,O,Q,Y,Z reportedly used. (Possibly ended 9AX-PX9)
AA-00000: No I,O,Q used. Format also issued in non-passenger types.
Windshield stickers began 9/1/2006 for new registrations and
renewals. Last passenger plate sticker is "AUG 2008".
Optional Plate Suffixes (omitted from regular issue):
Kids - KID, TOT, ZZZ, ZZY
Pets - PET, DOG, CAT, TLC, WAG, WOF, WUF
Veteran - VET, VAA-VAV
Veteran Combination - VSA-VSE,VCN
Veteran Commercial - VZW,VZM
United We Stand - USA
Olympic - WIN
