TEXAS
1917-22 UNDATED "TEX" BASE
1917 Type 1 0 - 407724 (407,725 P)
1920 Type 2 417833 - 525661 (107,829 P)
1920 Type 3 541245 - 790983 (249,739 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - S.G. Adams dies, 6-digit 16" length, thick steel
Type 2 - New dies, 14 5/8" length
Type 3 - As Type 1, but thin steel
1917-24 SEALS (No 1923 seal issued) All mounted on front only.
1917-18 not numbered. Some 1918 are 3" (M/C?), not 3 7/8" diameter.
1919 B/4828, C/56175, D/5625, F/4957, G/ , H/5927, I/3255,
K/8508, L/8413, M/2594, O/5506, Q/5630, R/7395, U/2659,
V/8286, W/ , Y/22253
(unnumbered seals reported) (Galveston Co. began at #G 101)
1920 1 - 452932
1921 1 - 501300 allotted, 530934 seen
1922 1 - 584000 allotted, 603351 seen
1924 3-384 - 826-710
1923-24 UNDATED "TEXAS" BASE
1923 Type 1 -1 - 697-556 (697,556 P)
1924 Type 2 723-798 - 934-895 (211,098 P)
1924 Type 3 936-696 - 998-865 (62,170 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Regular dies, small star, 6-digit 16" length
Type 2 - New dies, small star, 15" length
Type 3 - As Type 2, but large star
Initial allottment to 584-000, supplemental to 600-000.
300,000 P ordered in Types 2/3.
1925-42 FORMATS (Truck began 1925)
No I,O used 1931. Only A,F,K,N,V,Y used 1932-42 (X = Exempt).
1925-27 -1 - -999, 1-000 - 999-999, A00-000 - A99-999
1928-30 -1 - -999, 1-000 - 999-999, 1-000-000 - 1-399-999
1931 -1- - -9999-, 1-0000 - 9-9999, A0-0000 - P9-9999
1932-42 -1- - -999-, 1-000 - 999-999, A00-000 - Y99-999
(1936 has vertical "TEX" instead of star)
YEAR INITIAL SUPPLE. OBSERVED TOTAL PAIRS OF EACH
1925 780-000 847-725 934-565 780,000 847,725 934,565
1926 889-100 895-150 996-899 889,100 895,150 996,899
1927 993-600 998-600 A68-259 993,600 998,600 1,068,259
1928 1-025-000 1-100-000 1-113-784 1,025,000 1,100,000 1,113,784
1929 1-100-000 1-200-000 1-194-959 1,100,000 1,200,000 1,194,959
1930 1-225-000 1-358-090 1,225,000 1,358,090
1931 N7-0000 P4-9451 1,370,000 1,449,451
1932 N73-350 V50-000 V18-013 1,373,350 1,450,000 1,418,013
1933 F36-000 F89-026 1,136,000 1,189,026
1934 A50-000 F34-468 1,050,000 1,134,468
1935 A56-000 F63-901 1,056,000 1,163,901
1936 A88-000 K30-052 1,088,000 1,230,052
1937 F32-400 K82-951 1,132,400 1,282,951
1938 K28-000 K50-000 K87-720 1,228,000 1,250,000 1,287,720
1939 K31-000 K75-000 N17-889 1,231,000 1,275,000 1,317,889
1940 K63-200 V05-201 1,263,200 1,405,201
1941 N16-650 V69-322 1,316,650 1,469,322
1942 V36-500 Y08-975 Y78-595 1,436,500 1,508,975 1,578,595
1929, 1932, 1938-39 supplemental are amounts manufactured.
ADMINISTRATION ASSIGNED
1917-25 1 - 3 1931 1 - 300
1926 1 - 15 1932-36 1 - 100
1927 1 - 200 1937-38 1 - 200
1928-30 1 - 100 1939-42 1 - 250
1943-64 FORMAT AA 10 - YZ 9999 No G,I,O,Q,W,XA-XZ used.*
1943-44 are tabs Letters stacked 1943-55.
Star hyphen added 1957-64.
*W added in all series 1951-64.
Non-Pass. 1943-51: MA-TZ, VA-VZ, XA-ZZ
Prefixes omitted: BS (1953 replaced with PA, 1954-64),
SB (1956-64, Verify 1955), SD (1960 only)
Windshield sticker issued to expire 7/15/1947 due to plate delay.
YEAR INITIAL SUPPLE. OBSERVED TOTAL OF EACH
1943 FS 3199 HH 1479 1,192,000 1,320,150
1944 HD 2799 HJ 9600 1,291,500 1,338,261
1945 HD 7999 HL 7891 1,296,700 1,356,532
1946 HJ 5699 HV 4799 JB 6899 1,334,360 1,433,360 1,485,410
1947 JL 1949 JU 6130 1,560,380 1,634,491
1948 JN 3399 KU 6386 1,581,810 1,844,537
1949 KX 9999 LY 8698 1,868,130 2,096,236
1950 KY 6999 UE 2183 1,875,120 2,359,814
1951 WE 1749 UR 7200 2,239,500 2,554,641
1952 ND 1899 PJ 1677 2,449,440 2,708,958
1953 NF 8649 PJ 7158 2,476,170 2,714,539
1954 NJ 2699 PX 8710 2,480,210 2,825,881
1955 NZ 3999 RZ 1324 SD 2833 2,621,370 3,058,255 3,099,724
1956 RM 5099 ST 5449 SV 5095 2,952,140 3,212,230 3,231,856
1957 TY-1999 UP-7099 UR-2461 3,478,510 3,623,470 3,628,822
1958 TT-5899 UL-24 UD-2674 3,432,460 3,586,425 3,529,135
1959 TY-8224 UK-1049 UK-2121 3,484,735 3,577,460 3,578,532
1960 TT-5599 UF-4999 UN-6810 3,422,170 3,541,450 3,613,191
1961 UC-8699 UR-124 UY-8682 3,525,170 3,626,485 3,704,973
1962 VA-8999 VL-199 VZ-3971 3,725,270 3,806,380 3,930,032
1963 VL-2499 VZ-5149 WS-6649 3,808,680 3,931,210 4,082,560
1964 WH-7299 YN-1199 YT-373 4,003,290 4,266,920 4,306,054
Amounts manufactured:
1957 UU-1999 (3,658,330)
1958 UM-9999 (3,606,390)
1959 UM-8224 (3,604,615)
1965-74 FORMAT BBB-10 - ZZZ-999 No A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
No star in 1965 only.
YEAR INITIAL SUPPLE. OBSERVED TOTAL PAIRS OF EACH
1965 NXX 774 PHD 349 PHD 52 4,312,215 4,455,340 4,455,043
1966 PLY-299 PXH-74 PXM-895 4,530,530 4,695,635 4,700,416
1967 PZN-899 RKN-99 RKN-217 4,741,010 4,898,610 4,898,728
1968 RJC-274 RRV-99 RSM-10 4,868,095 5,000,580 5,014,351
1969 RNS-674 RPK-399 RWV-920 4,959,575 4,973,160 5,080,601
1970 RWN-799 RXM-999 SDN-726 5,074,540 5,093,550 5,193,267
1971 STF-49 SWH-10 5,424,250 5,465,791
1972 SXD-424 TCN-49 TKK-655 5,483,035 5,568,880 5,686,216
1973 TDN-199 TVX-649 VDD-982 5,586,760 5,851,540 5,975,623
1974 TXY-299 VHT-724 VMG-781 5,894,750 6,049,615 6,118,998
1965: Made through PHG 999 (4,457,970)
1966: Made through PYK-999 (4,718,340)
1968: RSP reported.
1975-85 BLACK/WHITE BASE No I,O used.
1975 "75" Type 1 AAA-10 - MMV-331 (6,528,382 P)
Nov.75 "75" Type 2 MMV-513 - QQX-780 (1,779,298 P)
Aug.77 "77" Type 3 QQY-13 - ZZZ-999 (5,331,147 P)
Feb.82 "JUN 82" Type 3a 001-AAA - 999-HEW (4,144,851 P)
(TOTAL 17,784,081 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Dated "75", star
Type 2 - Dated "75", map
Type 3 - Undated, map
Initial allottment AAA-10 - MJQ-749 (6,452,570 P).
Starting May 1988, all plates replaced after 8 years of use.
Types 1-2 replaced by 1989, Type 3 replaced by 1990, Type 3a
replaced by 1993.
1985-86 SESQUICENTENNIAL BASE No I,O used.
3- 1-85 "AUG 85" Type 1 001-HEX - 999-KZZ+ (1,609,389 P)
Oct.85 "APR 86" Type 2 001-LAA+- 974-PAY (1,748,225 P)
(TOTAL 3,357,614 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - "SESQUICENTENNIAL" at bottom
Type 2 - "SESQUICENTENNIAL" at top
+Break not exact; numerous changes from Type 1 to Type 2 between
368-KZY and 409-LAF.
Type 1 replaced by 1994, Type 2 replaced by 1995.
1986-90 BIG RED TEXAS BASE No I,O used.*
Jul.86 "NOV 86" Type 1 975-PAY - 999-ZZZ (6,296,722 P)
1- 4-90 "AUG 90" Type 1a BBB-01B - BKW-99Z (310,860 P)
(TOTAL 6,607,582 P)
*Type 1a no A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
Replaced by 1998.
1990-2001 FLAG BASE No A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
4- 4-90 "SEP 90" Type 1 BKX-01B - GTX-99Z (3,445,200 P)
1-28-92 "OCT 92" Type 2 GTY-01B - TKS-16B (7,632,916 P)
3- 1-96 Type 3 TKV-13P - VJL-99J (738,132 P)
3- 1-96 Type 3a WSJ-01G - ZZZ-99Z (2,640,924 P)
2- 3-98 Type 4 B01-BBB - C02-YCS (1,508,069 P)
Dec.98 Type 5 C99-YDG - J99-GPZ (3,424,906 P)
(TOTAL 19,396,281 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - No slogan, flag at left, blue "TEXAS"
Type 2 - "THE LONE STAR STATE", flag at left, no hologram
Type 3 - As Type 2, but with hologram
Type 4 - As Type 3, but flag at right, sticker boxes
Type 5 - As Type 4, but no sticker boxes
Numbers progress before letters, regardless of position.
Letters progress from right to left.
BBB-00B format = 14,462,218 P, B00-BBB format = 4,934,063 P.
Type 1 replaced by 2000.
1996-97 STATEHOOD BASE No A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
12-29-95 VJL-01K - WSJ-99F (1,064,943 P)
Initial allottment VJL-01K - WPS-99V. (1,000,791 P)
Assignment includes 8 suffixes too many.
2001-10 SPACE SHUTTLE GRAPHIC No A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
2-14-00 Type 1 J01-GRB - Z99-ZZZ (10,905,840 P)
11-24-04 Type 1a 001-BBB - 096-FBN (1,208,886 P)
Type 2 351-FCD - 911-HWL (1,105,455 P)
10-24-05 Type 3 006-HWM - 999-ZZZ (5,665,055 P)
9-20-07 Type 3a BBB-001 - VLX-999 (6,171,822 P)
(TOTAL 25,069,662 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Steel, solid red map
Type 2 - Aluminum, solid red map
Type 3 - Aluminum, flag map
001-BBB - 999-ZZZ (7,992,000)
2010-13 SKY BASE No A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
7-1-09 BB1-B001 - DZ5-H930 (10,695,225 P)
Progression is BB1 - BB9, then BC1, etc. DV omitted.
Medium blue sky: BT2? , BW9-V863 - CJ3-V996
Darker blue sky: BT2-G896 - BW9-T969
Light blue sky (June 2011): CJ3-W031 - DZ5-H930
2013-23 CLASSIC BASE No A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
Jul. 12 BBB-0001 - VBB-0001 (60,000,000 P)
Mandatory rolling plate replacement abandoned November 2016.
