Philippines

STATUS: Independent nation

FORMERLY: Territory of the US (pre-1946)

PRONOUNCED: PHIL ih peens

CAPITAL: Manila

WORLD LOCATION: Southwest Asia

FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: Approx. 1912

MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED:  Approx. 1,200,000

FORMER SLOGANS: "Rizal's Centenary Year" (1961), "Mabini Centennial" (1964), "Christianization's 4th Centennial" (1965).

GRAPHICS USED:  The 1965 issue had a red/white/blue decal, depicting some sort of monument, with three stars.

PLATES ARE: Officially issued.

SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs

OVAL: RP 

CARS DRIVE ON: Right (since 1945)

Header photo from the Les Okunowski collection (Illinois)

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