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18101 
- ALABAMA -
1959 test plate BLANK - original
as shown - $48.00
714 -
ALABAMA - 1962 test plate - this one
is prison/factory-finished, NOT
repainted. Standard colors on reverse, but front was done in
black on brown -
plate shows no actual use, front or back, and green paint on
reverse was of a
watery consistency. This plate, along with some others on
this list, came from
a collection of test plates I purchased at Hershey PA back in the
early 1980's
- a rare one - $42.00
13325 
- ALABAMA - 1967
ERROR issue, Coal and Coke
base, this plate has the ampersand stamped upside down - $55.00
11439 
- ALABAMA -
1973 passenger car ERROR - this
one has the county number too far to the left, and the "3" is cut
off in the
border - $12.00
15551 
- ALABAMA -
2001 PROTOTYPE, flat Dale
Earnhart graphic, nice condition - $21.00
14725 - ALABAMA -
2001 PROTOTYPE, flat Dale
Earnhart graphic, nice condition - $21.00
15544 - ALABAMA -
2005 series FOREVER WILD
environmental PROTOTYPE, with AAMVA 2005 serial - $23.00
14704 - ALABAMA -
2005 series FOREVER WILD
environmental PROTOTYPE, with AAMVA 2005 serial - $23.00
18157 - ALBERTA -
1980's vintage WILD ROSE
passenger test plate BLANK - former Shib Pixley collection -$42.00
7722 -
ALBERTA - 1980's vintage error/re-use - this
had the "X" code in
the corner, but the provincial govt flattened it, AND covered it
with
scotchlite - unusual - $21.00
14713 - ARIZONA -
1980's vintage Paint Coverage
TEST plate - ugly dies, and it even has a cactus in the center -
"4B" in the
corner - $33.00
749 -
ARIZONA - 1973 series test/manufacturing error. A neat one
- this plate
was never finished, probably because a piece of fiber-tape was
accidentally
manufactured INTO the background color. Unusual error -
$23.00
675 -
ARKANSAS - 1980's vintage passenger blank - prototype, made
by Waldale
in Nova Scotia - unusual!- $24.00
18103 - ARKANSAS - Natural
State BLANK - $22.00
21856
-
ARKANSAS - 1980's
vintage Ham Radio ERROR plate - has a PRISONER OF WAR combination
that was
accidentally made on an Amateur Radio base - only one I've ever
seen! $42.00
15713 
- BRITISH
COLUMBIA - 1980's vintage BLANK -
nice one, from the Pixley collection - $22.00
21859
-
CALIFORNIA -
Sunrise series passenger BLANK - very tough state - $38.00
21879
-
COLORADO - 1932
passenger ERROR plate - I had five of these back in the 1970s -
until recently,
I didn't know I even had one left. Just surfaced, and my last one.
I've seen
one of two of my others fully restored in the orange on black
color scheme. WAY
crooked, and very heavy steel - from county 27 - $46.00
721 -
COLORADO - error/test vanity plate - numbers off to the
left - $12.00
722 -
COLORADO - 1970's vintage TEST plate - just numbers on
Colorado green
base - $15.00
9737 
- COLORADO
- 1980's vintage ERROR - with
seriously misprinted numbers - $25.00
757 -
COLORADO - 1998 "William and Mary" error - truck plate
with an upside
down "M" used as the "W" in the number. Very unusual in this
case, as it's
actually seen right next to the standard "M". - $15.00
758 -
COLORADO - Denim graphic "mixed marriage" error - this
plate has the
Jefferson County name across the bottom, but the county number is
F1J, which
was actually for Boulder. This plate should have BOULDER
across the bottom -
nice condition - $22.00
759 -
CONNECTICUT - 1980's vintage "missing die" error plate -
this plate was
most likely a prison pull, as it has creasing consistent with a
fold downn the
center. The center DOT is missing on this plate, a fairly
rare error - $38.00
14714 - CONNECTICUT -
1990's vintage paint test -
SAMPLE number, but numbers were never painted - $24.00
18106 - CONNECTICUT -
1990's gradient blue
passenger blank - there's a lot of oddball CT blanks around, this
is a scarcer
"straight passenger" blank - nice original - $28.00
18108 - DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA - 1953 test plate
BLANK - flat finish, interesting plate, from an OLD
collection of test plates
I picked up way back in the early 1980s. A rare one - $65.00
18155 - DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA - 1977 Inaugural test
plate BLANK - have never seen another one! - $45.00
19071 
- DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA - 1980's vintage
TEST plate from the prison in which DC plates were made.
Fully noted "Dept of
Corr. D.C., Lorton, VA", with a serial number. This is part of a
set of die
test plates. $26.00
19072 - DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA - 1980's vintage
TEST plate from the prison in which DC plates were made.
Numbers tested:
6-7-8-9. This is part of a set of die test plates.
$21.00
19075 - DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA - 1980's vintage
TEST plate from the prison in which DC plates were made.
Dies tested:
A-B-C-D-E-F-G. This is part of a set of die test plates.
$22.00
19078 - DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA - 1980's vintage
TEST plate from the prison in which DC plates were made.
Dies tested:
H-I-J-K-L-M-N. This is part of a set of die test plates.
$21.00
19076 - DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA - 1980's vintage
TEST plate from the prison in which DC plates were made.
Dies tested:
O-P-Q-U-R-S-T (oops!). This is part of a set of die test
plates. $23.00
19077 - DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA - 1980's vintage
TEST plate from the prison in which DC plates were made.
Dies tested:
V-W-Y-X-Z (oops again!). This is part of a set of die test
plates. $22.00
21886
- DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA -
1989 Inaugural vanity FULL INVERT ERROR - a rare one, nice
condition - $65.00
21882
- DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, INAUGURAL
- 1989 Inauguration - FULL INVERT ERROR - after the
Inaugural parade
some years back, a staffer from the Inaugural Committee contacted
me to offer
the misprints from the Inaugural plates. I got about 20 at
the time, which was
all the errors made - I'm getting down to the last few, so here's
your chance!
- Number BPPA-9 - nice as shown - $62.00
21860
-
FLORIDA - Prison
shop PROTOTYPE - this is one of four plates that were turned up by
avid
plate-hound Eric Tanner back in the day. It's a flat aluminum
blank, that was
hand painted to show the layout of the older permanent County
Motorcycle plates
used in Florida. From the design, it probably dates to the 60s or
so. NOT a
movie or TV prop - this is a plate shop reference plate, and my
last one - an
interesting Florida series - $65.00
764 -
FLORIDA -
1974 passenger car PLANCHET
STRIKE
ERROR - small piece of scrap metal is struck into the
finished plate, and
the orange is machine rollered over the piece. - $16.00
766 -
FLORIDA - 1974 design variance - two Mobile Home plates,
close in number
- one has the state name at the top, one at the bottom. I
believe the top
plate shown would be the error. If memory serves, this is a
set of test plates
from the prison where the plates were made. - $46.00 for both.
767 -
FLORIDA - 1974 error - plate number is stamped crooked -
$21.00
11539 - FLORIDA -
1975 error - border is stamped
off center - $12.00
10811 - FLORIDA -
1975 error - misaligned
border as shown - $14.00
768 -
FLORIDA - 1975 TEST set - this is a "pair" of Independent
Dealer plates
- one has the "serif" style "I", the other has a simple bar.
These came from
the facility where the plates were made. Both plates -
$66.00
18109 - FLORIDA -
1975 TEST plate blank -
unfinished, unpainted - $35.00
676 -
FLORIDA - University of Central Florida blank sheeting
piece - no metal,
this is the actual essay piece that was on file in Florida,
showing the design.
Still has the backing sheet on the reverse side.
$12.00
18110 - HAWAII - 1981
test plate BLANK - tough
state, this was clearly a "scrap metal pull" - $30.00
18111 - IDAHO - 1970's
vintage BLANK test plate -
if memory serves, the green characters were hand-painted at the
prison - $24.00
680 -
IDAHO
- 1990 Centennial motorcycle blank - End of Roll error, which is
why this blank
wasn't used. - Interesting oddity - $24.00
$15.00
21875
-
IDAHO - 1990's
vintage Scenic FAMOUS POTATOES prototype - this is a flat Utsch
style graphic -
$22.00
21862
-
IDAHO - 1990's
Famous Potatoes blank - $14.00
21863
-
IDAHO - 1990s
Scenic Famous Potatoes blank, with mis-cut corner as show - $15.00
13846 
- IDAHO -
1990's vintage SCENIC blank -
$14.00
21861
-
IDAHO - 1990's
era BLUEBIRD optional issue pasenger blank - very nice - $23.00
776 -
IDAHO
- 1980s "Scenic" graphic test plate - very dark blue on graphic
background -
machine painted, but numbers are spaced oddly - $23.00
728 -
ILLINOIS - 1973 test plate, ALL letters series, unpainted -
$18.00
21878
-
ILLINOIS - 1973
test plate, ALL letters series, unpainted - $18.00
729 -
ILLINOIS - 1973 test plate, ALL letters series, unpainted -
$18.00
14117 - ILLINOIS - 1975
test plate/prototype, from
the ILL Manufacturing plate - red on reflective gold, with hand
written "OK
4-22-75" and a signature - excellent - $55.00
18112 - ILLINOIS - 1980's
vintage NATIONAL GUARD
test plate BLANK - nice as shown - $32.00
14110 - ILLINOIS
- 1994 die alignment example
plate, from the manufacturing plate that made Illinois plates at
the time -
excellent - $23.00
14112 - ILLINOIS
- 1994 die alignment example
plate, from the manufacturing plate that made Illinois plates at
the time -
excellent - $23.00
14113 - ILLINOIS
- 1994 die alignment example
plate, from the manufacturing plate that made Illinois plates at
the time -
excellent - $23.00
14114 - ILLINOIS
- 1994 die alignment example
plate, from the manufacturing plate that made Illinois plates at
the time -
excellent - $23.00
14121 - ILLINOIS
- 1994 die alignment example
plate, from the manufacturing plate that made Illinois plates at
the time -
excellent - $23.00
21858
-
ILLINOIS - 1994
die alignment example plate, from the manufacturing plate that
made Illinois
plates at the time - excellent - $23.00
14123 - ILLINOIS
- 1994 die alignment example
plate, from the manufacturing plate that made Illinois plates at
the time -
excellent - $23.00
18113 - INDIANA - Indy
Car series passenger BLANK
- I collected blanks for a long time, and this is the ONLY Indiana
blank I ever
came across - clipped corner as shown - $45.00
778 -
INDIANA - 1978 misprinted plate, stamped too low - $22.00
14711 - INDIANA -
1980's vintage PROTOTYPE - neat
plate, most likely a paint coverage test, as the dies are fairly
common-block
style - all blue with slogan - $37.00
780 -
IOWA
- 1972 "end of roll" error - connecting layer runs just to the
right of the
hyphen - used plate - $12.00
782 -
IOWA
- 1978 "end of roll" error - connecting layer runs through the "C"
- unused
plate - $11.00
1586-
IOWA
- 1979 truck FULL INVERT ERROR - Iowa is one of the last
states that I
landed in my invert set, and I've only ever seen three in
existence. This is
one of a truck pair that has recently surfaced, and I have a
passenger plate
from the same year in my collection. USED condition! -
$95.00 (or will trade
plus $55.00 for an invert I need)
18114 - IOWA - Environmental
series BLANK test
plate - nice original, very tough state for blanks - $38.00
21895
-
KANSAS - 1973 motorcycle
error, entire plate number is stamped crooked - used plate -
$16.00
18115 - KANSAS - 1980's
vintage Wheat sheaf test
BLANK - original flat as shown - $32.00
785 -
KANSAS - 1987 Taxi plate test - unfinished plate, no number
paint -
$15.00
786 -
KANSAS - 1988 DEALER test plate - pretty much OK plate,
just never had
the numbers done - $12.00
787 -
KANSAS - 1989 passenger "wheat graphic" error - numbers not
painted -
$14.00
21865
-
KANSAS - 1989 brown wheat
graphic BLANK - has two scuffs from the machinery, but a nice
plate - $21.00
788 -
KANSAS - 1990s vintage passenger blank error - neat blatant
error, top
and bottom run-off - $23.00
789 -
KANSAS - 1995 COLOR error - plate is factory finished in
the wrong
colors, not a repaint. Should have blue numbers, this one
has BLACK. - $36.00
790 -
KANSAS - 1980's vintage motorcycle DEALER error -
unfinished plate, no
paint - too bad, as this is a tough MCD to find! - $21.00
791 -
KANSAS - 1990's vanity, unfinished error plate - no paint -
$14.00
792 -
KENTUCKY - 1979 error plate - jumpy die error on "Z" in
number. The "Z"
is actually also a variant, slightly smaller than a standard
letter die. -
$23.00
14093 - KENTUCKY - 1980's
error - a HAM number on
a JUDICIARY base - unsual. - $42.00
18116 - KENTUCKY -
1990's vintage "cloud"
passenger - test plate BLANK - tough state - $38.00
682 -
LOUISIANA - 1960 test plate blank - neat black on lemon
yellow, all
original prison-painted, from an old collection of test plates.
Back is bare
metal - $42.00 -
18117 - LOUISIANA
- 1960 test plate blank - gold
on red, all original prison-painted, from an old collection of
test plates. -
$42.00 -
734 -
LOUISIANA - 1975 U.S. CONGRESS test plate blank - this is a
crazy
looking plate. Gold on blue, with the LOUISIANA 75 across
the bottom - legend
at the top says "7327UGSORSSNEC" - which, for you
non-puzzle-solvers out there,
is actually "72 73 US CONGRESS" all mixed up. Cool plate -
$52.00 -
9490 
- LOUISIANA -
1970's vintage test
plate/prototype, DEALER legend, orange on metallic blue-green -
very tough to
find these nice test plates - $45.00
12238 
- LOUISIANA
- 1970's vintage prototype - odd
dies and legend layout - $45.00
808 -
LOUISIANA - 1980's vintage vanity plate, with odd
PERSONALIZED legend -
this one is an error, with the legend at top mis-spelled
"PERSONALIEZD". -
$46.00
19624 - MAINE -
1990's vintage Chickadee blank -
a tough one - $26.00
18150 - MANITOBA - 1980's
vintage passenger test
plate BLANK - $36.00
21877
-
MANITOBA - 1990's
vintage passenger BLANK - very nice, from my collection - $39.00
809 -
MARYLAND - Paint error - very unusual finish
on numbers, from loose
roller in machinery - all original paint. - $12.00
811 -
MARYLAND - Paint error - very unusual finish
on numbers, from loose
roller in machinery - all original paint. - $12.00
18120 - MASSACHUSETTS
- "Spirit" series passenger
blank, my only BLANK available from Mass. - $45.00
833 -
MINNESOTA - 1960 Truck plate re-stamp error - originally
read "60
MINNESOTA 61" across the bottom - nice oversize plate, very odd
for 1960, since
most plates were standardized by then. - $33.00
18121 - MINNESOTA
- 1970 test plate BLANK - sharp
corners intact - $46.00
21866
- MINNESOTA
- 1990's
vintage passenger blank - tough state for blanks, very nice
original -
$38.00
14701 - MINNESOTA -
2004 CRITICAL HABITAT
prototype, very nice design, with Loon, and date/time stamp in
corner - $26.00
812 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1980's vintage test plate - unpainted
numbers, USAF
Retired NAVY graphic - $21.00
815 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1980s alignment error - this one has the
state name too
low by almost an inch - $15.00
18122 - MISSISSIPPI
- 1980's test plate BLANK -
gradient blue - $15.00
684 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1977 Magnolia blank - $14.00
685 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1980's vintage "curly S" graphic passenger
blank - $13.00
686 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1980's vintage error blank - this one had a
graphic state
name blank run through a type that uses an embossed
state name. Not a good
combination! - Unpainted - $16.00
687 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1980's vintage passenger blank - unfinished,
with just the
county name at the bottom embossed - $16.00
688 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1970's vintage TAX FREE Disabled Vet blank -
nice
condition, which is unusual for these blanks - $22.00
689 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1980's "Curly die" state name DAV blank -
nice flag
graphic - $23.00
690 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1970's vintage TAX FREE Disabled Vet blank -
nice one -
$19.00
691 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1970's vintage USAF Retired ARMY blank
- very nice
condition, with the US and state flag graphics - $22.00
692 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1970's vintage USAF Retired NATIONAL GUARD
blank - decent
condition, with the US and state flag graphics - $16.00
7740 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1980's vintage NATIONAL GUARD /
ARMED RETIRED
combo blank, test plate - with partial Mississippi "stars and
bars" - odd one -
$15.00
7743 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1980's vintage PEARL HARBOR
SURVIVOR, with date -
also has flags across the top - $17.00
826 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1977 passenger car plate, unfinished with no
number paint,
border is also mis-stamped and crooked - $14.00
827 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1977 passenger car plate, unfinished with no
number paint
- $10.00
828 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1977 graphic alignment error - this one
has the state name
and magnolia printed about 3/4 inch too low. Pretty blatant
error - $22.00
829 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1977 test/error plate - unfinished numbers,
odd series -
$11.00
8301 -
MISSOURI - 1968 test blank - a rare
one. Very tough to get nice
tests/errors from Missouri - silver on blue - note the unfinished
corners. This is the only blank/test of this kind I've
seen outside the one in
my "blanks" collection! Aluminum - $42.00
18123 - MISSOURI -
1968 test plate BLANK -
right out of my collection - rare find - $48.00
819 -
MISSOURI - 1976 PANCHET STRIKE error - a really nice error,
with a
piece of another plate stamped into the finished plate,
then roller painted
over. This is a tough state for errors! - $38.00
14716 - MISSOURI -
1980s vintage paint coverage
TEST plate - with odd dies and large map in center - $35.00
837 -
MONTANA - 1957 passenger car embossing error - this one has
TWO sets of
tab slots punched into the plate, partially into the lower right
border -
$26.00
839 -
MONTANA - Triple-Header error - three plates
manufactured with the same
number - all three for $28.00
840 -
MONTANA - 1976 test-error motorcycle plate. Plate was
embossed crooked
on base, never painted - $23.00
14172 - MONTANA -
1980's vintage MSU ERROR plate -
this one has an upside down "V" in the number - $35.00
14702 - MONTANA -
2000 passenger BLANK - nice one
- $18.00
14703 - MONTANA -
recent series EASTERN MONTANA
COLLEGE blank - $15.00
15549 - MONTANA -
1990's vintage "rainbow range"
graphic BLANK - $17.00
14699 - MONTANA -
recent series GLACIER NATIONAL
PARK prototype - this one has streaks, which are an error of the
manufacturing
process - very nice, with time and date stamp, as well as a bar
code - $24.00
18125 - NEBRASKA -
1980's vintage test plate BLANK
- $34.00
18126 - NEVADA -
1980's Sagebrush passenger test
plate BLANK - $25.00
18151 - NEW BRUNSWICK
- 1987 test plate BLANK -
nice one - $34.00
18152 - NEWFOUNDLAND
and LABRADOR - World of
Diffrence graphic passenger test plate BLANK - one of the last
I've found, VERY
tough province for any kind of test or error plates - $52.00
18128 - NEW JERSEY -
1990's vintage Woodpecker
passenger test plate BLANK - $35.00
738 -
NEW
MEXICO - 1951-1954 series test plate - all green, with no
ZIA/Sun symbol in
the center - another hard to find plate from the old collection of
test plates
I bought years ago. Back is unfinished/bare metal, as is the
case with many
test plates. Size is 6" x 13.5" - $52.00
841 -
NEW
MEXICO - 1958 embossing error - border is stamped too far
up and to the
left, resulting in cut-off lip on the left edge, and a wide border
on the
right. A nice '58 NM as well, with a great number
- $33.00
842 -
NEW
MEXICO - 1974 Dealer plate - base date was re-stamped
from a "72" to a "73"
- $27.00
845 -
NEW
MEXICO - 1985 die error - "H" is inverted - $9.00
21896
-
NEW MEXICO - 1984
passenger, error plate - has the upside down M for the W - $9.00
846 -
NEW
MEXICO - 1985 series plate, with missing hyphen. I'm
not sure what type
this plate even is, but it was originally marked "missing hyphen",
so I'll go
with that for now - $13.00
18129 - NEW MEXICO -
1990's vintage passenger test
plate BLANK - $36.00
847 -
NEW YORK
- 1970's vintage error - here's a very tough state for these
oddball-errors
- this one has TWO sets of bolt holes stamped into the bottom -
doesn't look
used - $26.00
18130 - NEW YORK - 1980's
vintage Liberty test
plate BLANK - I've had a few of these over the years, but this is
the best
condition example, pulled from my collection - $35.00
850 -
NORTH
DAKOTA - 1970 manufacturing error - this one has freaky
forced wrinkles in
the background scotchlite - not the most drastic error ever, but
ND is
notoriously tough for any type of misprints. - $24.00
18132 - NORTH DAKOTA
- 1980's vintage passenger
test plate BLANK - again, only one I've ever seen - $46.00
19193 - NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES - 1990s vintage
BLANK bear plate, from the great collection of the late Shib
Pixley - this is
the only NWT blank that I know of that escaped from the plate shop
- has the
telltale dark grey backcolor - condition as shown, only ONE! -
$67.00
18570 
- OHIO -
1917 ERROR - one of the earliest
error plates I've seen - this is a black on yellow litho steel
passenger, but
the state name stencil was applied upside-down, resulting in the
state name
reading OIHO. This is not an altered plate, it's the real
deal - from an old
collection of Ohio rarities - $175.00
14109 - OHIO -
1968 passenger - great error plate,
with 7 in number WAY too low - unusual to find an error this
obvious, with
actual usage. - $50.00
856 -
OHIO
- 1980's Heart of it All "baking error" - this one was left in the
curing oven
too long, resulting in the clear coat turning amber - front and
back. Really
unusual error - $15.00
15864 - OHIO - 1980s
vintage TEST plate - this is
a "Replacement Dealer" issue, stamped on the reverse side of a
"Heart" graphic
passenger blank - weird one! From a group of Ohio oddities
gathered by an
Ohio official some years ago - $16.00
15866 - OHIO - 1980s
vintage "In Transit - Truck -
Trailer Repalcemen" - there's a mouthful.... numbers were gone
over with blue
marker, as the plate was probably not roll-coated - a nice
error/test plate.
From a group of Ohio oddities gathered by an Ohio official some
years ago -
$23.00
15868 - OHIO - 1980s
vintage TEST PLATE - Special
Trailer - with dealer suffix - numbers gone over with blue marker
- $23.00
18133 - OHIO - 1990's
vintage gold gradient test
plate BLANK - nice one - $24.00
15869 - OHIO - 1990's
vintage HISTORICAL VEHICLE -
unusual RED on white colors, clearly a test plate or prototype -
$55.00
15870 - OHIO - 1990's
vintage HISTORICAL VEHICLE -
unusual BLUE on white colors, clearly a test plate or prototype -
$55.00
15871 - OHIO - 1990's
ERROR/test plate - Dealer
issue, with older style green dies on later style base - should be
blue numbers
- $45.00
15872 - OHIO - 1990's
ERROR/test plate -
"Replacement" Dealer issue, with older style green dies on later
style base -
should be blue numbers - $42.00
15873 - OHIO - 1990s
vintage ERROR Dealer plate -
probably a test plate - this was made on an unprinted blank, so
the blue OHIO
graphic state name is missing - $35.00
15874 - OHIO - 1980's
vintage error-test plate -
freaky TRAILER issue, with vanity number, and little Ohio map in
the center -
$28.00
15875 - OHIO - 1990's
vintage "Birthplace" graphic
Watercraft-Replacement-Dealer-Vanity - a great test plate, and
unusual to find
one made as a vanity - $38.00
15876 - OHIO - 1980's
vintage DEALER test-error -
unusual red numbers, and no state name at all - $27.00
15877 - OHIO - 1980's
vintage SPECIAL REPLACEMENT
test plate - blue on white, with missing state name - $25.00
15878 - OHIO - 1980's
TEST plate - on the HEART
base, with RE (Replacement), as well as SPECIAL, Trailer
designation, and small
"dealer" number - unusual, as the numbers were actually painted -
$35.00
15879 - OHIO - 1980's
TEST plate - Heart base,
TRAILER prefix, as dealer suffix - original paint - $32.00
15880 - OHIO - 1980's
TEST plate - Heart base,
with unusual (and impossible) "zero" code for the dealer number -
TRAILER
suffix, and RE "replacement plate" code in the corner - original
paint - $32.00
15881 - OHIO - 1980's
TEST plate - Heart base,
with Trailer, Dealer and Replacement codes - from a nice
collection of OHIO
oddballs, horded by a former government worker - $29.00
15882 - OHIO - 1980's
TEST plate - TRAILER and
DEALER coding, original as shown - $25.00
15883 - OHIO - 1980's
TEST plate - gotta love this
one, as it has the IN TRANSIT legend block set in the machinery
upside down -
very nice plate, original paint - $46.00
21867
-
OHIO - 1980s
vintage unfinished error plate - was stamped on a non-graphic base
instead of
the green printed "OHIO" base - $15.00
15884 - OHIO -
1980's TEST plate - has the
stacked OHIO usually seen on Historic Car plates, as well as a TRL
code stuck
between the numbers for good measure - $32.00
15885
- OHIO - 1980's BLANK - this is
an IN TRANSIT series
plate, no numbers, and embossed legend has been gone over with a
blue marker -
$23.00
15886 - OHIO - 1980's
TEST plate - Replacement,
Trailer, In Transit and Dealer features - neat plate - $28.00
15887 - OHIO - 1996
vintage ERROR - HAM RADIO
issue on the gold-gradient HEART base - "N5LKW" is a Texas based
call, so
chances are, this was an error with an "S" instead of a "5" -
$38.00
15888 - OHIO - 1996
series FORMER POW test plate -
gold gradient, with vanity serial, and "RE" Replacement code in
corner. Could
have been a real plate, but most likely a test - $26.00
18134 - OKLAHOMA - 1965
passenger blank - a freaky
plate, from the Fox collection - all original as shown - haven't
seen one like
it since! - $65.00
859 -
OKLAHOMA - 1967 die-alignment error with a "jumpy" three in
the number -
$17.00
860 -
OKLAHOMA - 1971 motorcycle bolt stamp/planchet error - this
one has
double stamped bolt holes, and also a tiny planchet strike
- there's a little
sliver of scrap metal stamped above the first "A" in the state
name - $12.00
862 -
OKLAHOMA - 1973 die error, with the "8" in the number
clearly taking off
- $16.00
867 -
OREGON - 1957 Trailer Coach error - here's a rare one,
from a state that
never lets errors loose - simple enough screw-up, the tab slots
were stamped
into the plate on the wrong side, resulting in the slots being on
the bottom
right, instead of over the date. - $38.00
12239 - OREGON
- 1980's vintage prototype -
embossed number, flat state name. Very unusual state for
protos - $47.00
12240 - OREGON
- 1980's vintage prototype, just
the embossed number, no flat legends - mate to above plate -
$38.00 - (buy both
for $75.00)
18135 - OREGON -
1990's vintage "green tree"
passenger test plate BLANK - this is the "dark green" variety -
$40.00
870 -
PANAMA - 1996 error/test plate - a restamped base, with the
country name
and province at top and bottom. When the region and country
name match
(Panama), this kind of mistake is bound to happen. -
$24.00
871 -
PENNSYLVANIA - 1941 test plate - this is an unfinished
plate, with the
background done in the 1940 colors - this plate should be a dark
blue-violet
with orange numbers. Not a stripped and repainted plate,
this is from an old
collection of test plates that I picked up some years ago - all
numeric as
well, check the consecutive issues available below - $26.00
872 -
PENNSYLVANIA - 1941 test plate - this is an unfinished
plate, with the
background done in the 1940 colors - this plate should be a dark
blue-violet
with orange numbers. Not a stripped and repainted plate,
this is from an old
collection of test plates that I picked up some years ago - all
numeric as
well, check the consecutive issues available below and above -
$17.00
873 -
PENNSYLVANIA - 1941 test plate - this is an unfinished
plate, with the
background done in the 1940 colors - this plate should be a dark
blue-violet
with orange numbers. Not a stripped and repainted plate,
this is from an old
collection of test plates that I picked up some years ago - all
numeric as
well, check the consecutive issues available above - $29.00
874 -
PENNSYLVANIA - 1956 passenger car die variance - this one
has the narrow
dies used on the 1957 plates - most 1956 plates had the wider
dies. Nice
example - $21.00
16512 
- PENNSYLVANIA
- 1958 PROTOTYPE- this is
from a small group (like betwee 5-7) of different state issue
prototypes for
1958 - this is an actual large decal, not a metal
plate! It was most likely
designed to be affixed to a flat steel plate, and is
reflective. In 1958, the
state ended up going with a blue plate with orange numbers, and
the 1959 date
stickers followed. A rare piece for the hardcore PA
collector, this was the
ONLY Pennsylvania proto in the group, although a few others had
more than one
from one state - $120.00
877 -
PENNSYLVANIA - 1958/64 STEEL variant make plate - almost
all 1958 Penna
plates were aluminum - a small amount were made using leftover
1957 metal, so
they were heavy, with no tab slots, and almost all were in the
###-##L series.
This one is all original - $42.00
15972 - PENNSYLVANIA
- ERROR - Truck plate on the
1970's gold on blue base, but this one was accidentally produced
on a purple
"ANTIQUE CAR" blank - only one I've ever seen - $95.00
878 -
PENNSYLVANIA - 1972 MVBusiness plate - restamped
issue, was originally
a "DEALER" plate - $12.00
880 -
PENNSYLVANIA - 1975 MVBusiness plate - restamped
issue, was originally
a "DEALER" plate - $13.00
881 -
PENNSYLVANIA - 1975 MVBusiness plate - restamped
issue, was originally
a "DEALER" plate - $13.00
882 -
PENNSYLVANIA - 1975 MVBusiness plate - restamped
issue, was originally
a "DEALER" plate - $13.00
883 -
PENNSYLVANIA - 1987 passenger with END OF ROLL error - seam
runs through
first "C" in number - $10.00
7729 -
PENNSYLVANIA - 1986 error - with "W" in
number actually an
inverted "M" - tough "Friend" slogan - $7.00
18154 - PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND - 1963 passenger
blank - right out of my collection - $32.00
707 -
PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND - 1971 Garden Province blank - white on
navy, my only one -
$16.00
7748 -
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - 1971 blank, as shown -
$8.00
701 -
PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND - 1971 Commercial blank - black on yellow,
only one I have
left - $12.00
699 -
PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND - 1972 blank - passenger series, blue on
tan - $7.00
21870
-
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
- 1972 Commercial blank - $10.00
702 -
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - 1972 Commercial blank -
pale yellow on black,
tough year - $11.00
21872
-
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
- 1972 blank, as shown - $6.00
7747 -
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - 1972 blank, as shown -
$6.00
7745 -
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - 1972 blank, as shown -
$7.00
706 -
PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND - 1974 "Place to be In..." . Neat truck
blank - $9.00
21869
- PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND
- 1976 "C" series truck blank - $9.00
21871
-
PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND - 1976 "C" series truck blank - $9.00
10074 - PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND - 1976 "C" series
blank - $9.00
10075 - PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND - 1976 "C" series
blank - $9.00
698 -
PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND - 1976 blank - truck series, yellow on
black - $6.00
703 -
PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND - 1978 blank, with the "sticker box" -
neat yellow on red
issue, probably for some sort of odd non-pass - $8.00
704 -
PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND - 1978 blank, with the "sticker box" -
neat yellow on red
issue, probably for some sort of odd non-pass - $8.00
15715 - PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND- 1990's vintage
BLANK, Anne of Green Gables - nice one, from the Pixley collection
- $24.00
18156 - PUERTO RICO -
1980's vintage test plate
BLANK - most likely scrounged from the Government scrap yards in
Louisiana,
where the PR plates were made - tough one - $46.00
13323 - QUEBEC - Nice
prototype issue - ALCAN is
the Canadian equivalent of the aluminum manufacturing firm ALCOA -
Quebec has
NO personalized plates, this is an actual metal test/proto
- $78.00
7750 -
ST.
EUSTASIUS - 1980's era blank flat - $12.00
7751 -
ST.
EUSTASIUS - 1980's era blank flat - $12.00
887 -
ST.
MAARTEN, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES - Strange 1980's vintage
manufacturing error,
with the background orange applied over a wide swath of masking
tape. Plate
was never painted - $23.00
14078 - SALESMAN
SAMPLE - 1970 "sample" - a great
black on reflective yellow plate, heavy steel with glass beading -
a rare one -
$55.00
888 -
SASKATCHEWAN - 1975 Doctor's plate - embossing error, with
double-stamped MD-1 in the number - probably embossed, and then
re-embossed. -
$21.00
2214 -
SOUTH CAROLINA - 1972 vanity ERROR -
with an inverted ampersand
- unusual enought to see this symbol on a vanity - $46.00
18138 - SOUTH
CAROLINA - 1986 passenger blank - a
nice prison scrapyard cull - with the blue palmetto - $18.00
12920 - SOUTH
CAROLINA - 1980s era "map" BLANK - I
collect blanks, and it took me many years to upgrade this one - a
tough state -
$23.00
709 -
SOUTH
CAROLINA - 1991 error blank - little birdie's chopped
off a bit - nice "top and
bottom" issue - $22.00
890 -
SOUTH
CAROLINA - 1989 passenger on the palmetto graphic,
with die error - "Z" in
error is stamped too high - $15.00
18139 - SOUTH DAKOTA
- 1961 passenger blank test
plate - red on PURPLE... hey, why not. Neat, with the
odd-shaped Rushmore
"dimple" at top center - $52.00
892 -
SOUTH
DAKOTA - 1970 truck plate paint error - this one was
painted red on white,
then re-rollered blue on white at the factory - check the closeup
photo -
$18.00
740 -
SOUTH
DAKOTA- 1970 Trailer TEST PLATE - you might think this is
just a trailer
plate with no paint, but check that number! Typical test
with a spread of
numbers, to show how they embossed - from an OLD collection of
tests, haven't
seen one like it since. - $36.00
15550 - SOUTH DAKOTA
- 2009 PROTOTYPE - never used
black/red/white graphics, with odd "MESSAGE" plate number - a neat
one - $36.00
894 -
TENNESSEE - 1960 BUS plate set - this is a set of test
plates, from the
TENN DMV - I received this quite some years ago - neither look
used. One has
TENN 60, the other has 60 TENN - both plates for $48.00
12237 - TENNESSEE
- 1977 prototype - I believe
MARFAC had something to do with the manufacturing company.
Standard series,
but with no sticker dimples. Excellent - $42.00
14119 - TENNESSEE - 1977
Prototype sample from the
Illinois Manufacturing plate collection - has 10 prefix rather
than the usual
"2" - excellent - $55.00
12253 - TENNESSEE
- 1980's vintage test plate -
simple sample number on reflective base - $22.00
18140 - TENNESSEE -
1995 BicenTENNial series
passenger test plate BLANK - $37.00
898 -
TEXAS
- 1986 Sesqui error plate - this is one of the Dealer plates that
were produced
without the "1836" date on the left. - $14.00
899 -
TEXAS
- 1992 Die Variance error - two different "7"s in the number -
$9.00
18141 - TEXAS -
1990's vintage test plate BLANK -
another one that took me forever to find. A prison yard pull
- rare - $48.00
902 -
TEXAS
- 1970's vintage "William and Mary" error - with an upside-down
"M" used as the
"W" in the number - $9.00
903 -
TEXAS
- 1980's vintage TRUCK error, with two different "E"s in the
number - $8.00
18142 - UTAH -
1990's vintage SKI passenger test
plate BLANK - $37.00
18143 - VERMONT -
1970s vintage passenger blank -
if memory serves, this is one of a small handful of tests and
errors that I
purchased from Jimmy Fox way back "in the day" - haven't seen
another Vermont
like this... ever. Tough - has some black gunk from the
prison/manufacturer at
top/center - $55.00
18144 - VIRGINIA -
1967 TEST plate blank - black
on red, original paint as shown - $44.00
21873
-
VIRGINIA - 1980's
vintage MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE metal blank - $24.00
21874
-
VIRGINIA - 1980's vintage
blank sheeting sample - George Mason University blank - another
test/prototype
piece of sheeting from 3M - nice graphic, no metal - $13.00
905 -
VIRGINIA - 1979 Apportioned set - both have the hyphen
stamped about an
inch too low - $22.00 for both.
906 -
VIRGINIA - 1986 printing ERROR - State name is printed too
low on the
plate - $13.00
907 -
VIRGINIA - 1987 printing ERROR - state name printed
slightly high on the
plate - $7.00
908 -
VIRGINIA
- 1987 printing ERROR - State name is printed too low
on the plate
- $12.00
18145 - WASHINGTON -
1980's vintage test plate
BLANK - original as shown - $34.00
18146 - WEST VIRGINIA
- 1976 dated test plate
BLANK - great older map series - $42.00
909 -
WISCONSIN - 1969 FARM issue embossing error - FARM is
re-stamped over
the word TRUCK - $14.00
911 -
WISCONSIN - 1969 FARM issue embossing error - FARM is
re-stamped over
the word TRUCK - $12.00 - mate to above plate.
14710 - WISCONSIN -
1980 TEST PLATE - a tough
state for this type of plate - sample TRUCK, numbers never painted
- $33.00
18147 - WISCONSIN -
1980's vintage Farm Scene test
plate BLANK - $37.00
7731 -
WYOMING - 1976 Bicentennial error - the "0"
in the county "10"
number actually has a small letter "O" - only one I've seen like
this - $24.00
18148 - WYOMING -
1983 passenger test plate BLANK
- original as shown - $27.00
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