Drewski's BAHAMAS LICENSE PLATE COLLECTION

Drew Steitz - BAHAMAS PLATES CHECKLIST PAGE - current as of 10/04/2009
Box 1, East Texas, Pennsylvania 18046 - USA - Email PL8Seditor@aol.com

BAHAMAS PLATES - I do have some Bahamas plates for sale - just TAP HERE to go to the site.

I am collecting BAHAMAS license plates, and am attempting to complete license plate sets - including island sets by year, as well as a one-per-island set of truck and motorcycle plates, and a complete set of non-passenger license plates.  

Have a plate I'm interested in? Drop me an email RIGHT HERE - I pay well for Bahamas plates that I need, or will trade rare Bahamas plates.  Thanks!  Drewski

NOTE:  ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT 1988 - 2009, DREW STEITZ - NO PHOTOS MAY BE DUPLICATED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY FORMAT WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION.


1976 series - first government provided series, blue on yellow - well made with long corner slots.

Note: Probably not issued

Note: Probably not issued


Note: Probably not issued


1977 series - well made black on green with long corner slots and slogan - used one year only.

Note: Probably not issued

Note: Probably not issued


Note: Probably not issued


Note: Probably not issued


1978 series - various makes, red on cream - some well made, others are sloppy.

Note: Probably not issued

Note: Probably not issued


Note: Probably not issued


1981 series - poorly made blue on yellow, manufactured with no holes, various dies, etc

Note: Probably not issued

Note: Probably not issued


Note: Probably not issued


1983 series - poorly made green on white, various dies, some printed flats also exist.

Note: Probably not issued

- Freeport issues only known for 1983, numbered from 1 through around 12.


1987 series - well made, but sloppily painted numbers, black on reflective yellow

Note: Probably not issued


1990 series - well made white on green, some reflective

Note: Probably not issued


1992 series - Landfall graphics with printed island name, blue on yellow with black accents

Note: Probably not issued


1995 (approx) series - well made blue on yellow - many collectors consider these to be "overruns" from the 1992 series, which would explain why I've only seen Nassau and Grand issues....

Note: Probably not issued


2000 series - well made yellow on reflective blue, still in use as of 2009.

Note: Probably not issued

Note: Probably not issued


Note: Probably not issued


TRUCK PLATES
- basically, these are standard passenger plates, with a "T" prefix

Note: Probably not issued


MOTORCYCLE PLATES - small, square versions of the passenger plates

Note: Probably not issued


Pre-1975 Nassau m/c


OUT ISLANDS  - these plates were used before 1976 on the smaller "out" or family islands


TRUCK


San Salvador

Self-Drive MOTORCYCLE

1950's vintage porcelain

Standard flat, no prefix

Repeated number

Eleuthera

Exuma

Freeport

Governor's Harbour

Marsh Harbour

Nicholls Town

Rock Sound

Rock Sound

West End

Unused Blank


Out Islands TRUCK


Out Islands Taxi - GRAND

Out Islands Self Drive - GB

Former Governor General

VARIOUS NON-PASSENGER PLATES - The Bahamas have an amazing amount of different types - if you see something I don't have shown here, drop me a line!


African Council of Presidents,
Bahamas Prime Minister's
Limo plate - 1997

Royal Visit to Out Islands

Royal Visit to Nassau

Fire Truck - 1970s

GOVERNMENT
Porcelain

GOVERNMENT
Embossed low number

GOVERNMENT
Embossed truck

GOVERNMENT
Truck - NASSAU

GOVERNMENT
Flat masonite

GOVERNMENT
BUS - embossed

ON TRIAL - DEALER
Current yellow on black

ON TRIAL - DEALER
Out Islands series

ON TRIAL - DEALER
Out Islands borderless

ON TRIAL - DEALER
with "DEALER"

ON TRIAL - DEALER
recent yellow

ON TRIAL - DEALER
recent refl. orange

BUS
Standard odd die

BUS
San Salvador

BUS
San Salvador - small prefix

BUS
Grand Bahama

BUS
Grand Bah - small prefix

ELECTED OFFICIAL
New Providence

DIPLOMATIC
with country abbrev.

DIPLOMATIC
standard CD

CONSULAR CORPS

CABINET MINISTER
Nassau

CABINET MINISTER

PARLIAMENT MEMBER
Nassau

HONORARY CONSUL
For retired Consuls

RETIRED GOVERNOR
Chub Cay

MOTORCYCLE
1981 with red showing

MOTORCYCLE
1981 cut down pass.

BICYCLE

ERROR
with ACKLINIS SLAND

TEST/ERROR
Mixed dies/off type colors

SELF DRIVE M/C
Grand Bahama

SELF DRIVE M/C
Andros

SELF DRIVE M/C
Full border, no island

SELF DRIVE M/C
Half border, no island

SELF DRIVE M/C
Bimini, "OUT" colors

SELF DRIVE M/C
Cut down passenger

SELF DRIVE M/C
Abaco

SELF DRIVE M/C
Borderless

SELF DRIVE CAR
Cat Island

SELF DRIVE CAR
Cat Island - small prefix

SELF DRIVE CAR
No island name

TAXI
Yellow Eleuthera

TAXI
New Providence

TAXI
Grand Bahama - tiny prefix

TAXI
Grand Bahama

TAXI - New Prov with
unusual TAXI "CAB"

BONDED VEHICLE
1976

BONDED VEHICLE
1981

BONDED VEHICLE
1977

BONDED VEHICLE
1980

BONDED VEHICLE
1983

BONDED VEHICLE
1981 odd die

BONDED VEHICLE
1992

EXPORT VEHICLE
1950s-60s

EXPORT VEHICLE
1970s

ODDITY with strange
slogan

ELEUTHERA - 1981
made over 1978 base

MACHINERY/MISC
Abaco

MACHINERY/MISC
Grand Bahama 1981

MACHINERY/MISC
Grand Bahama 1987

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
1911-1930's passenger

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
1930s-1940s

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
1940's

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
1940s-1950s

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
1950s bottom legend

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
1950s top and bottom

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
1960s hand painted flat

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
1970s plastic

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
1960s plastic

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
1940's- 50s British

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
His and Hers VIP set

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
His and Hers VIP set

BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
Black porcelain

BAHAMAS - NASSAU
1960's vintage LONG

NASSAU promotional
use unknown

NASSAU - 1990's
OVERRUN error

TOUR CAR

SAMPLE
Bus - 1960s

SAMPLE
Self Drive CAT ISLAND

SAMPLE
Self Drive GRAND BAH

SAMPLE
OUT ISLANDS

SAMPLE
NEW PROV. 1971

SAMPLE
NEW PROV. 1972

SAMPLE
NEW PROV. 1973

SAMPLE
NEW PROV. 1974

SAMPLE
NEW PROV. undated

SAMPLE
Bahamas Landfall

SAMPLE
EXPORT

SAMPLE
EXPORT - full number

SAMPLE
1977 slogan series

RACE PLATE
1986 Grand Prix

RACE PLATE
1987 Grand Prix

RACE PLATE
1988 Grand Prix

RACE PLATE
1990 Grand Prix

NASSAU SPEED WEEKS
RARE 1950s porcelain