VARIATIONS

1913:     #4156 refired over 1912 #4191.

1914:     Type 1 - raised numbers, small triangles inside "A", grommets,

                      1 - 5450, 5980, 6275 (Balt. seal)

          Type 2 - sunken numbers, large triangles inside "A", no grommets,

                   5759 (hooked 5 and 7, but thinner dies, no seal?)

          Type 3 - unknown numbers, large triangles inside "A", no grommets,

                   7270 - 8204 (serif 1, slanted 2, no-hook 5 and 7, no seal)

1915:     #9224 lighter green than #5985.

1916-17:  2-digit has flanking dashes.

1922:     A-1 - A13-293 hypen center,

          A-20226 - A-59697 hyphen after letter prefix.

1933-36, 1939:  1-3-digits have hyphen prefix.

1937:     Rear plate "ALABAMA", front plate "ALA. FRONT".

          All A,B,D and C up to 141-826C have legend at bottom;

          142-527C - 146-166C (3,640 P) have legend at top.

1937-40:  1-4-digits have arrowhead prefix.

1938:     Replacements issued in reverse colors.

1940:     -5 B has right arrowhead before hyphen and left arrowhead

          before "B".

1942:     Some have additional hyphen after county or weight code.

1954-55:  7/16" or 3/4" slots.

1959:     Bolt slots 1-851 - 1-66-061,

          bolt holes 1-77-768 - on, all other counties.

1961:     Late issues have no second hyphen.

1962:     Wide or narrow slogan; late issues reflective with 1963 dies

          39-11308 - 11344, 55-7352 - 7488.

1963:     1962 dies 1-229 - 96857, 1A-5808 - 83501, 1B-346 - 22784,

          1963 dies all other counties.

1964:     1964 dies 1-95779, 1B-40211, 6-5603, 7-269, 11-36414, 12-8575,

                    17-2428, 20-9897, 23-13367, 27-483, 28-7183, 29-212,

                    31-24711, 38-14615, 39-931, 41-26121, 43-15656,

                    44-12328, 46-3249, 47-42999, 50-4065, 51-874,

                    52-24314, 55-8467, 57-11130, 58-11728, 59-4179,

                    61-17762, 63-34703, 64-9647

          1965 dies 1A-2333 - 92498, 2-1508 - 56542, 2A-3234 - 13610,

                    3-942 - 60974, 5-4846 - 17206, 19-4113 - 10065,

                    26-3103, 28-16293, 38-3523, 38-20600, 47-68092 - 68998,

                    50-25380 - 25389, 64-20187.

1965:     1-61281 - 61282 have 1964 dies, 1-56784, 1-66777 normal.

         (Possibly, plates rejected during inspection were remade on the

          limited-run non-passenger press 1965-67.)

          Late issues Dark Blue instead of Blue.

1966:     46-6382 has 1964 dies, 46-6376, 43-6383 normal.

1967:     32-6245 has 1964 dies, 32-2755 normal.

1972-76:  Some have no hyphen.

1976:     80 8906 screened on 1977 blank.

2018:     White/Red or Black/Red (10-18 on) sticker.

2019:     White/Light Green (up to SEP 19) or Black/Light Green sticker.

2019:     Upper left "DECAL" box removed (47B7S15 with, 47B1T83 without).