MARYLAND
Highest 1904-10 pre-state plate known: #10366
Private Commercial began by 1934, although a Merchandise Only series
was issued 1910-16. Truck plates began (4-30) "48".
Verified number block assignments in bold.
TOTAL PASSENGER RANGE WASHINGTON OFFICE
1910 1 - 4941 1500 - 1999, 3000 - 3499, 4250 - 4499
1911 1000 - 8002 2501 - 3500 (plus 1,260 more)
1912 1000 - 10754 1300 - 1399, 3001 - 4000, 5850 - ?
1913 2034 - 14833 4500 - 5000 (plus?)
1914 2000 - 20218 5000 - ?
1915 4000 - 31788 (24362) 25000 - ?
1916 8000 - 50296 (36748) 40000 - ?
1917 20-054 - 81-600 (59-649) 60-000 - ?
1918 20-000 - 95-210 (69-851) 80-000 - ?
1919 20-000 - 108-303 (84-650) 85-000 - 99-999 (94-011 seen)
1920 20-000 - 118-789, 200215 - 100-000 - ?
1921 30-000 - 144-420, 200-628 - 202-868 100-000 - ?
1922 30-000 - 150-156, 201-978 - 218-476 200-000 - ?
1923 30-000 - 184-377, 200-034 - 237-662* 200-000 - 235-623+
1924 30-000 - 190-204, 200-337 - 223-889 (35,000 P allocated, but office closed)
BALTIMORE ALL OTHER COUNTIES TOTAL PRIVATE COMMERCIAL TOTAL
1925 30-000 - 97-578 100-000 - 241-821 (209,401 P)
1926 30-000 - 98-133 112-836 - 274-217 (229,516 P)
1927 30-000 - 124-645 125-000 - 287-833 (257,480 P)
1928 30-000 - 120-576 130-696 - 304-851 (264,733 P)
1929 30-000 - 125-508 135-326 - 324-774 (284,958 P)
1930 30-000 - 141-245 150-030 - 342-002 (303,219 P)
1931 30-000 - 145-692 200-740 - 393-569 (308,523 P)
1932 30-000 - 145-112 200-898 - 389-003 (303,219 P)
1933 30-000 - 149-020 200-372 - 385-083 (303,733 P)
1934 30-000 - 133-413 200-000 - 377-670 (281,085 P) 150-000 - 181-481 (31,482 P)
1935 30-000 - 136-000 200-000 - 381-369 (287,371 P) 150-000 - 177-326 (27,327 P)
1936 30-000 - 147-075 200-132 - 395-957 (312,902 P) 155-576 - 190-423 (34,848 P)
1937 30-000 - 139-490 200-898 - 409-610 (318,204 P) 154-673 - 190-291 (35,619 P)
3-31-39 30-000 - 151-268 300-000 - 507-982 (329,252 P) 230-000 - 255-496 (25,497 P)
3-31-40 30-000 - 155-439 300-000 - 521-818 (347,259 P) 230-000 - 276-288 (46,288 P)
3-31-41 30-000 - 170-114 300-495 - 543-741 (383,362 P) 233-305 - 270-743 (37,439 P)
3-31-42 30-000 - 222-746 300-130 - 670-623 (563,241 P) 237-141 - 275-390 (38,250 P)
3-31-45 30-000 - 214-661 300-562 - 687-703 (571,804 S) 230-969 - 272-510 (41,542 S)
1916-53: Plain low numbers from 1 to 2-700 are Bus plates,
identical to passenger except "APRIL 52".
1919: Statewide number block 20-000 - 84-999 "nearly exhausted"
as of 6/12/1919; letter "A" reportedly expected next.
#100-000 was issued 6/11/1919; 74-123 issued on 7/1/1919.
6-digit plates issued in Washington office.
1920: Washington office issued 18,517 as of 9/15/1920.
1920-21: #200-000+ may be statewide overflow, used instead of "A".
1924: Washington office closed since reciprocity agreement was
reached just prior to issuance.
1925: First year Baltimore number block assigned to help deter
automobile thefts.
1926: 113-727, 122-286 also seen.
1929: 118-120 also seen.
1930: 124-596, 128-693, 130-693, 132-xxx, 133-901, 137-480 also seen;
343-999 highest listed as of 12/30/1930.
1931: 101-814, 129-000, 144-044 also seen.
1932: 124-243, 133-017, 138-696, 141-517, 142-345 also seen.
1933: 113-757, 133-017, 136-897, 137-675 also seen.
1944: Tab for front plate only.
1948: #796-812 - 797-849 have "P.T." (Permanent Tag), not "48".
Number series reserved was #795-000 - 799-999.
BASEPLATES TABS EXP 3-31 (or 4-30 Truck 1949-53)
3-31-42 30-000 - 670-623, 29-217 1943 1142 - 433910
(700-699 - 701-119 listed as truck) 1944 515235 - 945912
3-31-45 30-000 - 687-703 1946 8608 - 490871
1947 MD 503862 - 917674
(3-31) 48 30-000 - 794-596, 21-335 1949 21268 - 624261
(4-30) 48 800-000 - 998-223 (Truck) 1950 11006 - 706110
1951 69 - 685503
MARCH 52 30-000 - 798-189 1953 60973 - 789282
APRIL 52 800-000 - 903-914 (Truck)
(3-31) 1954 - 3-31-61 FORMAT No I, M-Z used.
AA-10-01 - AA-10-99, AA-11-01 - AA-99-99,
AB-10-01 - AJ-99-99, BA-10-01 - JJ-99-99 (1954 Capacity = 721,710)
Frederick News-Post, 12/19/1952: "Only the letters A to J with I
excluded could be used because of the limitation of nine spaces on
tabulating and filing machines in the motor vehicle department."
Quadruple repeaters omitted 3/31/58 on, i.e. 11-11, 22-22, etc.
(However, 1975 #RH 1111 seen)
Reserved Prefixes (3-31) 1954-75: AG,AL,BB,BE,BF,BG,BJ,BN,BP,BT?,
CC-CD,EE,EF,FB,FD,FM,FP,HG,KC?,LC,MP?,RI,SB.
All are included in totals as appropriate letter series reached,
even if some may have used less than their full 8,910 (later 8,901)
capacity.
K and L gradually added 1954-60. Possible expected order:
KA-KB, JK, HK, GK, FK, EK, DK, CK, BK, AK, KC-KG,
AL, BL, CL, DL, EL, FL, GL, HL, JL, KH-KL, LA-LG
PLATES SEEN (K/L PREFIXES EXPECTED)
(3-31) 54 JF-64-35 (691,451 P)
(3-31) 55 JJ-85-74, KA-95-43, KB-78-35, JK-91-18, HK-71-51 (3)
(3-31) 56 GK, FK, EK, DK, AK-47-01 (Verify CK,BK) (10)
3-31-57 KC, KD, KE, KF, KG-14-47 (Verify CK) (15)
3-31-58 AL-64-43, BL, CL, DL, EL, FL, GL, HL, JL-91-17 (19)
3-31-59 (21)
3-31-60 KH, KJ, KK, KL, LA, LB-51-09 (27)
3-31-61 LC, LD, LE, LF, LG-46-05 (32)
3-31-62 - (3-31) 75 FORMAT No I,O,Q,U used.
AA-10-01 - AA-10-99, AA-11-01 - AA-99-99, AB-10-01 - ZZ-99-99
3-31-62 FY-46-13 (1,160,703*P)
3-31-63 FN-97-62 (1,094,589*P)
3-31-64 FX-91-68 (1,156,308*P)
3-31-65 GF-1207 (1,219,641*P)
3-31-66 GP-7734 (1,297,306*P)
3-31-67 GZ-8932 (1,369,698*P)
3-31-68 HG-7966 (1,431,050*P)
3-31-69 HT-5833 (1,517,950*P)
3-31-70 JB 9239 (1,583,626*P)
(3-31) 1971-75 BASE
1970 "71" Type 1: Large dies AA 1001 - RF 2693 (2,778,778 P)
1974 "75" Type 2: Small dies RF 3590 - SC 4294 (169,817 P)
(TOTAL 2,949,481 P)
(3-31) 1976-80 BASE No I,O,Q,U used.
1975 Undated Type 1 AAA 001 - FRH 475 (2,727,745 P)
1977 "78" Type 2 FRM 473 - GRZ 085 (492,019 P)
1979 "80" Type 1a GSL 381 - HCY 230,HGB 117 (207,643 P)
1979 "80" Type 3 HDF 873 - HNH 554,HDN 541 (199,482 P)
(TOTAL 3,651,899 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Steel, white back, red decal box
Type 2 - Aluminum, unpainted back, red decal box
Type 3 - As Type 1, but unpainted decal box
Original allotment: AAA-EDZ (2,016,981 P)
Reserved Prefixes (3-31) 1976-present in JUN 2001 ALPCA.
All are included in appropriate totals. JEA 274 also seen.
1976-80 BICENTENNIAL BASE No I,O,Q,U used.
12-1-75 Undated 001 AAA - 822 AFH (117,705 P)
Optional $5 one-time extra-cost issue. Steel, unpainted back.
Last issued February 1977. Replaced March 1980.
Also seen: 335 ANG - 932 ANG, 072 ART - 470 ART (not counted).
Numbers progress 1 0001 - 9 9999, using 2 0000, etc. as needed.
