NEW HAMPSHIRE
1905-11 UNDATED BASE (All white back except #1 - 916, 5386 - 7192)
MARK SERIAL FONT OBSERVED PLATES TOTAL GAP
Type 1 "45" A 1 - 498 (498) 17
Type 2 "55" A 516 - 916 (401) 143
(No mark, dug, faded? 1028 font?)
Type 3 "66" B 1060 - 1136 (77) 76
Type 4 "86" B 1213 - 1400 (188) 9
Type 5 "57" A 1410 - 1707 (298) 40
Type 6 "67" A 1748 - 1877 (130) 52
Type 7 "77" A 1930 - 2047 (118) 60
Type 8 "28" A 2108 - 2695 (588) 35
Type 9 "108" A 2731 - 2783 (53) 77
Type 10 Balt. seal B 2861 - 5349 (2,489) 28
Type 11 No mark C 5378 - 7192 (1,815)
Number overlaps seen 1914, 1921-22, 1928 (also expected 1919, 1923);
most likely occurred after Sept. 30 when Non-Residents expired.
Highest listed in directories: 1912 #5935, 1914 #9925,
Non-Resident #9929.
YEAR PASSENGER NON-RESIDENT COMMERCIAL
1912 1 - 5670 1 - 925 (Began 1913)
1913 1000 - 7791* 8000 - 9483 0001 - 0655
1914 1000 - 9746* 8703 - 9885 0001 - 01200*
1915 1000 - 13482 15001 - 16638 0001 - 0922
1916 1 - 17574* 1 - 1724 (Discontinued
1917 100 - 23065* 25001 - 27953 until 1934)
1918 100 - 24190 30001 - 31700
1919 100 - 29829 30001 - 31954
1920 100 - 34744 40001 - 42273
1921 100 - 42141 40001 - 42267
1922 100 - 48465 45001 - 47619
1923 100 - 59.549 60001 - 62446 (63089 Replacement)
1924 100 - 71-730 75001 - 77875 (71-978 Replacement)
1925 100 - 80-617 85-001 - 88-024
1926 100 - 88-737 100-001 - 103-878
1927 100 - 95-051 100-001 - 101-466
1928 100 - 102-745 100-001 - 100-723
1929 100 - 108-743 (Discontinued)
1930 100 - 110-980
1931 100 - 111-523 (115,000 ordered)
1932 100 - 106-169*
1933 100 - 106-868
1934 100 - 91-040* (Truck began)
1935 100 - 93-370
1936 100 - 97-101
1937 100 - 100-690*
1938/9 100 - 97-733
1939/40 100 - 103-271*
1940/41 100 - 107-200*
1941/42 100 - 109-805
1942/43 100 - 106-668 (Highest pair seen 86-680;
1943 TAB K 1 - K 99466* 105-795 issued singly)
1944 1 - 88-798
1945 1 - 97-216*
1946 1 - 108800
1947 1 - 113459
1948 1 - 119124
RESERVED NUMBERS
Began 1922. Reserved series was 100 - 5000 in 1926-43, and
1 - 5000 in 1944-45. In 1945, 5001 - 9999 were reservable
only by written request. Reserved series was 1 - 9999 in 1947.
1941 and 1942 #9806, 1944-48 #10-034, and 1939-48 #18-500 seen.
All numbers reservable for no extra fee 1950-61. Starting 1962,
only plain numbers 1 - 9999, and 1 - 100 in each county prefix,
were reserved. In 1979, all county series and XA-XN became
personalized.
1949-80 FORMATS No Q used.
Statewide Reserved 1 - 9999
County Regular Issue BA 1 - ZH 999 Letters stacked
1973 added H/A1001 - H/A9999 1949-53.
The 1949 county system was created in order to entice owners
to renew earlier by getting a low number. It worked! The
plates were not issued by the counties; all still mailed from
Concord.
(Highest number known by county - see Misc. #1)
COUNTY ASSIGNMENTS 1949 PREFIXES INTRODUCED LATER
Belknap BA-BZ
Carroll CA-CZ
Cheshire EA-EZ 1972 ZA-ZH
Coos OA-OZ
Grafton GA-GZ
Hillsborough HA-HZ, LA-LZ 1959 IA-IZ, 1968 JA-JZ
Merrimack MA-MZ 1966 NA-NT
Rockingham RA-RZ 1955 KA-KZ, 1968 PA-PZ (Reported 1967)
Strafford FA-FZ 1970 DA-DO
Sullivan SA-SU
CUSTOM PREFIXES KNOWN
1954 MV 1
1967 CR 1
1969 BX,CV,GY
1970 BU,CR,OT,NE,NG 1-10,PS,SV
1971 BY,CT,OX,GX,JW,NV,PZ,DH,SU
1976-77 BICENTENNIAL BASE $5 Souvenir front plate only.
1976 No sticker required 1 - 9818 Replaced 12/31/77.
1978-80 INTERIM BASE No I used.
Dec.77 "APR 78" Type 1: Red/White XA1 - XE2227 (Types 1-2
Mar.78 "JUL 78" Type 2: Green/Red/W. XB66 - XF9907 59,902 S)
Jul.78 "NOV 78" Type 3: Green/White XG54 - XN6629 (66,570 S)
(TOTAL 126,617 S)
Issued only to new registrations.
Replaced 1/1/79 to 3/31/80 along with 1975 bases.
1979-88 PLAIN BASE
1-2-79 "MAY 79" Type 1: Mass.dies 1 - 100000 (100,000 P)
1-2-79 "MAY 79" Type 2: N.H. dies 100001 - 200000 (100,000 P)
1-2-79 "MAY 79" Type 1a 200001 - 241461 (41,461 P)
1-2-79 "MAY 79" Type 2a 245889 - 999999 (754,111 P)
Dec.83 "4 84" Type 2b 10001A - 58906G (588,900 P)
(TOTAL 1,588,899 P)
Replaced 1/1/87 to 3/31/88.
1987-2000 GRAPHIC BASE No O,Q used.
Jan.87 "9 87" Type 1 1 - 999999 (999,999 P)
Mar.89 "8 89" Type 2 AAA-001 - ATZ-666 (431,235 P)
Aug.91 "12 91" Type 3 AUB-409 - DEX-202 (1,410,382 P)
(TOTAL 2,843,356 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Lower case slogan, small legends, 1" x 1 1/2" sticker boxes
Type 2 - Upper case slogan, large legends, 1" x 1" sticker boxes
Type 3 - As Type 2, but has bolt slots rather than holes
Some have anodized light green back starting 1995.
DEX-500 reportedly last number made.
Replaced 1/1/99 to 3/31/2000.
1999-2024 PANORAMIC BASE
1- 4-99 "3 99" Type 1 1 - 99999 (99,999 P)
1- 4-99 "3 99" Type 2 100 000 - 999 999 (900,000 P)
2-28-00 "3 00" Type 3 100 0000 - 519 9547 (4,199,548 P)
(TOTAL 5,199,547 P)
Description of Types: Type 1 - Old man at right
Type 2 - Old man in center
Type 3 - Old man left of center
Currently issued and revalidated.
