NEW MEXICO TRUCK PLATES

Truck began 1930.  Numbers began at 1 1930-46.

1930   14-988*         1936   24046*         1942   33722

1931   19-980*         1937   28924*         1943  (W/S Sticker)

1932   13-498          1938   28990*         1944   26589

1933   15-087          1939   29056*         1945   32693*

1934   15-691          1940   30449*         1946   33958

1935   19-915*         1941   32647*

1947-57 FORMATS        1-1 -  9-9999        County codes same as

                      10-1 - 32-9999        passenger all years.

1952:  2-10000 - 2-11000 added

1958-74 FORMATS        1-1 -  9-99999

                     1/0-1 - 3/2-9999

1971:  1/6-15454 added (1969 1/6-9817 seen)

VARIATIONS

1932:     1 - 999 have flanking zias.

1934-39:  10-000 - 10-999 have non-serif first "1".

          11-000 - 11-999 have non-serif "1" on first two "1"s.

          12-000 - 19-999 have non-serif first "1".

          20000  - 20999  have no hyphen.

          21-000 - 21-999 have non-serif first "1".

          22000  +        have no hyphen.

1940-46:  All 5-digits have no hyphen.

1947:     Serif "1" on all "1"s.

             1-3149, 11-86, 14-770, 15-851, 18-321, 21-457, 31-449.

          Non-serif "1" in prefix.

             10-1009 - 10-1356, 14-988 - 14-1029, 15-1289 - 15-1302,

             16-693 - 16-763, 18-1239, 19-1254.

          Non-serif "1" on underlined digit.

             11-1011, 11-1127 - 11-1179, 11-1224.

1948:     Serif "1" in prefix. 1-3037

          Non-serif "1" in prefix. 10-1204, 12-246, 14-495,

             16-715 - 16-800, 17-499, 19-203 - 19-640.

1949:     Serif "1" on all "1"s. 1-2872, 21-568, 31-4.

          Non-serif "1" on all "1"s. 11-71 - 11-1600, 13-1156,

             14-176 - 14-1127, 17-439.

1950:     Serif "1" in prefix. 1-2750, 10-333, 13-94, 14-625,

             15-318, 16-345, 17-936, 18-841, 31-55.

          Non-serif "1" in prefix. 10-1609 - 10-1832, 11-2033.

          1951 dies. 3-3992.

1952:     1951 dies, "TRUCK". 2-8992, all other counties.

          1953 dies, no "TRUCK". 2-10017.

1953:     Vertical "TRUCK" right. 1-5685, 2-536, 9-1015, 14-855.

          No legend.  18-273, 22-58, 24-44, 30-77, 32-155.

1957:     Type 1 - 1956 dies (2-10527, 13-22, 14-2421, 16-48, 17-733)

          Type 2 - 1958 dies (2-12237 - 2-12697, 10-1641, 13-3538, 15-2564)

          Type 3 - 1958 dies, stacked county prefix and no left

                   "57" date (1/3-3239, 1/4-3173, 2/5-1414)

1958-74:  Counties 10-32 have slogan at far right, not centered.

1958-60:  Counties 10-32 have no "19" of date.

1964-74:  Counties 1-9 have embossed date in LL corner.

1964-70:  Counties 10-32 have pre-applied 1" x 1 1/2" "64" or

          "66" sticker in LR corner.

1969-70:  Late issues have "NEW MEXICO USA", not "NEW MEXICO",

          no date at LL corner on counties 1-9.

1971-74:  Counties 10-32 have embossed "71" in LR corner.

          Late issues might have slots, but none seen.

         (1-14318, 2-63484, 3-11320, 5-10788, 6-18374, 7-18932, 16-15454 holes)

1975-91 BASE                        No D*,I,O,Q,U,V, FA-FZ used.

1975      "75"    Type 1      AA-0001 - CA-5000      (294,971 S)

1977      "77"    Type 2      CA-5001 - CJ-9999       (64,993 S)

1978      "78"    Type 3      CK-0001 - GC-9999      (289,971 S)

Apr.82  "APR 83"  Type 4      GE-0001 - HR-7445      (247,421 S)

Dec.84  "DEC 85"  Type 5      HT-4488 - KS-9999      (385,474 S)

May 88  "MAY 89"  Type 6      KT-0001 - MF-6754      (276,727 S)

                                             (TOTAL 1,576,597 S)

Description of Types:

Type 1 - "NM" in UL corner, future sticker in UR corner,

         "LAND OF ENCHANTMENT 75" bottom, painted border

Type 2 - "(COUNTY)" top, "LAND OF ENCHANTMENT" above

         "75 NEW MEXICO ( )" bottom, no border

Type 3 - As Type 2, but undated

Type 4 - Graphic, no "USA"

Type 5 - As Type 4, but galvanized steel, not aluminum

Type 6 - Graphic, "USA" added, galvanized steel

Omitted prefixes through BP:  AL,AM,AR,AS,AT,BA,BE,BL,BM.

Non-Pass. prefixes:  CB,DE,DL,DM,FR,FT,IR,PR,PT,SB,TA-TZ,WR-WS.

Verify:  BS,BY

         CM,CN,CP,CS,CW,CY

         GN,GP,GY

         HA,HC,HE,HW

         KK,KP

         LE,LR

         MC,MD

*D added "AUG 86" JD-0342, KD-1058 - KD-3218, LD-3705 verified.

County sticker added c.1976.

1981:  Dated "81" seen GA-1780 - GA-2496 (EZ-8170, GB-1728 undated).

Replaced 1/2/1991 to 6/30/1993.

Discontinued 1/2/1991; issued passenger plates since.

LEGENDS 

1930-52  Vertical "TRUCK" right  (Except 1932)

1932     "TRUCK" bottom instead of slogan

1953-on  No legend, reverse or different colors used

COLORS

1930-32   Same as Passenger

1933-59   Reverse colors of passenger (except 1943, 1945, 1947)

1943      WINDSHIELD STICKER   Black, Yellow & White/Red

1945      White/Maroon

1947      Black/Yellow

BASEPLATES   All are Fully Reflective.  1961-63 undated.

1961-63   Green/White                1971-74   White/Light Green

1964-65   Black/Yellow               1975-91   Red/Yellow

1966-70   Dark Blue/White

STICKERS  (1960 on Gold tab)

           Colored Serial 1960-68.  Black Serial 1969-74.

1960   Black/White    1968   Red/Gold         1974   Black/Silver

1962   Red/Yellow     1969   White/Blue

1963  (Same as Pass.) 1970   Black/Orange     1976-91         (S)

1965   Silver/Red     1972   Black/Gold       1976-91 COUNTY  (S) 

1967   Silver/Red     1973   Black/Blue

"TRUCK" marked 1967-70, 1973-74 only.