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LAST UPDATE for this page - May 26th, 2011
Information on postage, discounts, and shipping is shown at the bottom of this page. There is also a duplicate ordering form down there, as well as a set of links to other pages.
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REMEMBER!
311 -
ALASKA - 1990 Sample - $14.00 ![]()
10986
- CALIFORNIA - Paper SAMPLE from the 1980's - this is
the STREET ROD graphic. Actual sample from the DMV, on a sheet of cardboard or
stiffness. Got two of these out of an old CAL collection - $12.00 ![]()
21899
- DELAWARE - 1961
passenger SAMPLE - great all original condition, with two super tabs on the
bottom. Check the second photo, which includes a note from the DMV - talk about
a timesaver! RARE early example - $65.00
318 -
FLORIDA - 1980's vintage Sample, green map - $9.00 ![]()
14412
- ILLINOIS - 1976 passenger SAMPLE - Bicentennial series
- $15.00 ![]()
323 - IOWA
- 1972 Sample - with two hairlines in paint - $7.00 ![]()
324 - IOWA
- 1992 Sample, with 1846 Commmerative date - $9.00 ![]()
12895
- KANSAS - 1976 sample - nice original - $15.00 ![]()
325- KANSAS
- 1981 Sample - yellow wheat - $9.00 - ON HOLD
14629
- KENTUCKY - Recent series sample version of the
controversial CHOOSE LIFE plate - excellent - $28.00 ![]()
13913
- LOUISIANA - POW 881 MIA-KIA logo USCoast Guard VIETNAM
VET - odd type sample - $21.00 ![]()
14421
- MAINE - 1980's vintage Lobster sample - $9.00- ON
HOLD

332 -
MANITOBA - 1980's undated Sample, black and red on refl white - $9.00
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334 -
MARYLAND - 1980's graphic Sample - $10.00 - ON HOLD
21901
- MISSISSIPPI -
1962 passenger sample plate - maroon-brown on white - great original condition
- $38.00
13599
- MISSISSIPPI - 1967 passenger sample plate - nice
original white on black - $26.00 ![]()
339 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1982 Sample - $7.00 ![]()
342 -
MISSISSIPPI - 1997 Sample, grad. blue color - $8.00 ![]()
13909
- MONTANA - 1993 Coast Guard Veteran SAMPLE - unusual
type - $16.00 ![]()
345 -
NEBRASKA - 1976 Sample - Bicentennial graphics, nice one - $12.00 ![]()
21907
- NEVADA - 1965
Sample - the original natural aluminum series '65 base - $27.00
21903
- NEVADA - 1971
SAMPLE, type II series, debossed white on blue, with proper sample date sticker
- $24.00
21905
- NEVADA - 1968
SAMPLE - this is the "late registrant" version, with a reflective white
background, instead of the natural aluminum. Very nice with PINK date sticker -
$35.00
21906
- NEVADA - 1969
SAMPLE - with an unusual state name combination - very nice original,
reflective white on blue - $25.00
12842
- NEVADA - 1987 PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER sample - actually
looks used, with sample sticker - $21.00 ![]()
347 - NEW
BRUNSWICK - 1982 sample - $8.00 ![]()
348 - NEW
BRUNSWICK - 1984 sample - $8.00 ![]()
349 - NEW
BRUNSWICK - 1985 sample - $8.00 ![]()
351 - NEW
BRUNSWICK - 1989 sample, bi-lingual series - $8.00 ![]()
353 - NORTH
DAKOTA - 1970 Sample - $15.00 ![]()
355 - NORTH
DAKOTA - 1983 Sample - $11.00 ![]()
356 - NORTH
DAKOTA - 1984 Sample - $11.00 ![]()
357 - NOVA
SCOTIA - 1984 Sample - $9.00 ![]()
12897
- OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE, SOUTH DAKOTA - 1986 sample
version, first sample I've ever seen of this base. OST no longer has it's own
issue, but last I've heard they were using Exempt OST-coded plates - a rare one
- $100 or trade ![]()
361 -
OREGON - 1970's vintage sample - $10.00 ![]()
362 -
OREGON - 1980's green tree sample - this is the scarcer "light green"
tree, that was replaced with the better looking "dark green" graphic - $14.00
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PENNSYLVANIA
SAMPLES
NOTE! The state of Pennsylvania no longer offers
SAMPLE PLATES for sale to collectors - I believe they stopped around the time
the "PA.COM" base passenger plate came out. For the most part, most of these
are $20 - some older ones are more - if you're looking for any of these types,
grab them up, as you can't get them from Harrisburg any more!
Here's the address to the state DMV - if anyone finds out that they're selling sample again, let me know!- http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/license_plates/index.shtml
From the TURNERPLATES.COM site: PENNSYLVANIA SAMPLE LICENSE PLATE INFORMATION: Effective March, 2006 PennDOT decided to terminate their program to issue sample plates.
21710
- PENNSYLVANIA - 1990s vintage MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE
DEALER - unusual sample - $21.00 ![]()
21711
- PENNSYLVANIA - 1990s passenger sample - $19.00 ![]()
13159
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - WILD ANIMALS TIGER -
$24.00
21908
- PENNSYLVANIA -
Tiger graphic sample, no longer offered for sale - $24.00
17362
- PENNSYLVANIA - Tiger graphic sample, no longer offered
for sale - $24.00
17363
- PENNSYLVANIA - Conservation sample - saw whet owl - no
longer offered for sale - $23.00 ![]()
13957
- PENNSYLVANIA - Classic Car sample, reflective purple
on white five digit version - $23.00 ![]()
13158
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - STREET ROD (no longer
made in this style)- $25.00 ![]()
13163
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - COLLECTIBLE VEHICLE -
$22.00 ![]()
13164
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - DISABLED VETERAN -
$20.00 ![]()
13959
- PENNSYLVANIA - Niagara sample, nice original - no
longer available through the DMV - $25.00 ![]()
13961
- PENNSYLVANIA - 1985 Boy Scouts Diamond Jubilee sample
- this is a rare one, not available through the DMV - this is an "essay" issue,
showing Scout officials what the plate design looked like. Nice one - $90.00
or trade for rare motorcycle/rare Bahamas ![]()
13149
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - standard motorcycle -
$20.00 ![]()
13151
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - VIETNAM VETS - $20.00
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13152
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - VILLANOVA ALUMNUS
ASSOC - $20.00 ![]()
13153
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - W & J COLLEGE -
$20.00 ![]()
13154
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
- $20.00 ![]()
13155
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - URSINUS COLLEGE -
$25.00 ![]()
13156
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-
$20.00 ![]()
13157
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - WEST CATHOLIC
HIGH SCHOOL - $20.00 ![]()
13165
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - NOTARY PUBLIC - $20.00
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13166
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - RAILS TO TRAILS-
$20.00 ![]()
13167
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - PRINCE HALL MASONIC -
$20.00 ![]()
13168
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - MUHLENBERG COLLEGE -
$20.00 ![]()
13169
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY
- $20.00 ![]()
13170
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - PERM-TRAILER, one of
the least purchased types of samples! - $25.00 ![]()
13171
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - ALLEGHENY COLLEGE -
$20.00 ![]()
13172
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - NATIONAL GUARD -
$20.00 ![]()
13173
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - ROTARY INTERNATIONAL -
$20.00 ![]()
13174
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - SHRINERS - $20.00
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13175
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - SLIPPERY ROCK
UNIVERSITY - $20.00 ![]()
13176
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - WEST VIRGINIA ALUMINI-
$20.00 ![]()
13179
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - DISABLED VETERAN -
$20.00 ![]()
13180
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - PRISONER OF WAR -
$20.00 ![]()
14236
- PENNSYLVANIA - 1990s vintage PURPLE HEART sample -
$20.00 ![]()
13181
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - PURPLE HEART - $20.00
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13182
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - GANNON UNIVERSITY -
$20.00 ![]()
13183
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - SAINT FRANCIS
UNIVERSITY - this sample comes complete with tiny little outhouse - adorable! -
$20.00 ![]()
13184
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - SQUARE AND ROUND
DANCERS- $20.00 ![]()
13185
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - ST. JAMES ALUMNI -
$20.00 ![]()
13186
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - EAST STROUDSBURG
UNIVERSITY - not sure, but it looks like a tornado on that crest - $20.00
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13187
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - UNIVERSITY OF
PITTSBURGH - $20.00 ![]()
13188
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS - $20.00 ![]()
13189
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - SYRIA AAONMS Shriner -
$20.00 ![]()
13190
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - ST. JOSEPH'S
UNIVERSITY - $20.00 ![]()
13191
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - WWII VET, with
ruptured duck - $22.00 ![]()
13193
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS -
$20.00 ![]()
13194
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE
- $20.00 ![]()
13195
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - LA SALLE UNIVERSITY -
$20.00 ![]()
13197
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - GENEVA COLLEGE -
$20.00 ![]()
13198
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - ELIZABETH COLLEGE -
$20.00 ![]()
13199
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - ST. VINCENT ALUMNI -
$20.00 ![]()
13201
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - BARBERSHOPPER - $22.00
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13202
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - MILITARY RESERVE -
U.S. ARMY - $20.00 ![]()
13203
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - IUP ALUMNI - $20.00
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13204
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - LEHIGH UNIVERSITY -
$20.00 ![]()
13205
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - MILITARY RESERVE - AIR
FORCE - $20.00 ![]()
13206
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - KINGS COLLEGE - $20.00
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13207
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - JUNIATA COLLEGE -
$20.00 ![]()
13208
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - MARINE CORPS LEAGUE -
$20.00 ![]()
13209
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - MORAVIAN COLLEGE -
$20.00 ![]()
13212
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - LIONS CLUB - $20.00
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13213
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - WILKES UNIVERSITY -
$20.00 ![]()
13214
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - WIDENER UNIVERSITY-
$20.00 ![]()
13217
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS - $20.00 ![]()
13218
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - HANDICAPPED - this is
the original Handicapped issue, before the wheelchair symbol - $28.00 ![]()
13219
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - passenger - $15.00
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13220
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - EDINBORO UNIVERSITY -
$20.00 ![]()
13221
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - DUQUENSE UNIVERSITY-
$20.00 ![]()
13222
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - NOTRE DAME ALUMNI -
$20.00 ![]()
13223
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - DUCKS UNLIMITED -
$20.00 ![]()
13224
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - VIETNAM VETERANS -
$20.00 ![]()
13225
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - MILITARY RESERVE -
U.S. NAVY - $20.00 ![]()
13226
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - MILITARY RESERVE -
U.S. MARINE - $20.00 ![]()
13227
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - ZEM ZEM TEMPLE -
$20.00 ![]()
13228
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES -
$20.00 ![]()
13229
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY -
$20.00 ![]()
13230
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - MILITARY RESERVE -
U.S. COAST GUARD - $20.00 ![]()
13232
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - AMVETS - $20.00 ![]()
13233
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - DREXEL UNIVERSITY -
$20.00 ![]()
13234
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - LIMOUSINE issue,
scarce one, short-lived sample- $23.00 ![]()
13235
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - BOW HUNTERS - $20.00
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13236
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES - $20.00 ![]()
13237
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY -
$20.00 ![]()
13238
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - HANDICAPPED (Partially
Disabled) - $20.00 ![]()
13241
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR
- $20.00 ![]()
13242
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - EXPEDITIONARY FORCES -
$20.00 ![]()
13243
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - KOREAN WAR VETERAN -
$20.00 ![]()
13245
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - former series
AMBULANCE series. They now use ugly blue/yellow plates with a red legend
across the top. - $25.00 ![]()
13246
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - CARPENTER'S UNION -
$20.00 ![]()
13247
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - PERSIAN GULF WAR VETS
- $20.00 ![]()
13249
- PENNSYLVANIA - undated sample - "WE THE PEOPLE" -
special commemerative - very few of the real plates were made, and the sample
were only issued in a very small quantity - a rare one - $90.00 ![]()
363 - RHODE
ISLAND - 1980 Sample - $14.00 ![]()
364 -
SASKATCHEWAN - 1977 Sample, wheat graphic - $9.00 - ON HOLD
366- SOUTH DAKOTA
- 1981 Sample - "two star" graphic, embossed - $12.00 ![]()
368 - TENNESSEE - 1977 Sample - $12.00 ![]()
369 -
TENNESSEE - 1988 Sample - $8.00 ![]()
371 -
TENNESSEE - 1990 Sample - $8.00 ![]()
374 - UTAH
- Ski Utah graphic sample - $10.00 - ON HOLD
375 -
VIRGINIA - 1981 Sample - $8.00 ![]()
376 - VIRGINIA
- 1982 Sample - $8.00 ![]()
21902
- VIRGINIA - 1983
sample - $8.00
378 -
VIRGINIA - 1985 non-reflective Sample, unusual - $8.00 ![]()
379 -
VIRGINIA - 1986 Sample - $7.00 ![]()
380 -
VIRGINIA - 1987 Sample - $7.00 ![]()
381 -
VIRGINIA - 1989 Sample - $7.00 ![]()
18229
- VIRGIN ISLANDS - 1981 sample, from St. Croix. The
archives claim that the DMV doesn't make or offer samples, but here's one -
$45.00 ![]()
13598
- WISCONSIN - 1963 sample - nice original - $24.00
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Alberta - British Columbia
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Newfoundland
and Labrador - Northwest
Territories
Nova Scotia - Nunavut - Ontario - Prince Edward
Island - Quebec -
Saskatchewan - Yukon
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POSTAGE RATES: US and CANADA - $4.60 first one to three standard (6 x 12) plates (Priority Mail), 50 cents for each additional after that. OVERSEAS AIR - calculated actual AIR rate, plus 8 ounces for box and fill - will include shipping total with invoice. C
In the event of extra heavy or long plates, actual extra shipping may show on the invoice. Thanks!
DISCOUNTS: Buy over $200 worth, and I'll take 5% off the total. Buy over $500 worth, and I'll take 10% off the total. As always, I won't combine discounts. You can use a coupon, or take the percentage, but not both. Some of my regular/high volume buyers will get a set discount, regardless of order size, but this is for a select few - the more you buy, the better chance of getting on the "blue chip" buyer list..
Once I've sent you an invoice for your order, you're welcome to pay in any manner that's convenient to you.
--- I accept PAYPAL (2% US or 3% outside US fee added) - to PL8Seditor@aol.com - this is good for all worldwide destinations.
--- IN THE USA ONLY - a check or money order (in US dollars, drawn on a US bank only) is also fine, as is cash - you can send any of these forms to my home address via snailmail, to Drew Steitz, Box 1, East Texas, Pennsylvania 18046 USA
OUTSIDE THE USA (including Canada and Mexico) - the only payments I can accept are PAYPAL, or US CASH. Sorry, my credit union will no longer accept any outside money orders or checks.
NO wires or bank account
transfers - NO foreign checks or money orders
NO stamps, NO direct credit card payment (PayPal only).
ADDRESS: DREW STEITZ, BOX 1, EAST TEXAS, PENNSYLVANIA 18046 USA