Category: World Number Plate News

In this blog category we focus on world number plate news, this focuses not only on private plates in the UK but all across the world, looking at the different rules and regulations in force in those countries as well as the different letter and number styles that are used.

License Plates of the World

Dubai Number 5 Number Plate

Introduction License plates, also known as number plates or registration plates, are metal or plastic plates attached to motor vehicles for identification purposes. They are issued by government agencies and display a unique combination of letters and numbers that is

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  • 25th Sep, 2023

72 Series Plates

Before 2010, DVLA registrations generally sold through phone-based telesales and later switched to online only. This change has opened a whole new market for us. We now offer DVLA registration numbers online through our dedicated software, and these are often

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  • 2nd Mar, 2022

How to Read English Reg Plates

Ever wondered what the letters and numbers on your car’s registration plate mean? Read on to discover why English reg plates have such a distinctive format. Why do we have registration plates? Having a number plate on your car is

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  • 14th Jul, 2021

Number Plate Dealer Regplates.com Acquires Car Marks of Hull

Regplates.com Car marks Acquisition

2019 sees an acquisition of long-established number plate dealer Car marks of Hull by Hessle based Regplates.com. Car Marks are long established pioneers in this unique industry of personalised number plates. The brainchild of the great autonumerologist Car Marks was

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  • 13th Mar, 2019

The History of Personalised Number Plates

Oldest rolls royce driver - regplates

The History of Personalised Number Plates The number plate system in the UK was first introduced in 1903 when a law was passed requiring all vehicles in the country to display alphanumeric plates. Over the years the UK number plate

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  • 29th Aug, 2017

Queensland Number Plate ‘CAIRNS’ Up For Sale

CAIRNS number plate

A Queensland number plate owner  hopes his new plates will be his meal ticket after finding the bargain of a lifetime. The Gordonvale man was shocked to discover no one in Queensland had registered “CA1RNS” as a numberplate, and quickly

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  • 31st Jan, 2017

Important DVLA Update For Registrations On Retention Certificates

DVLA retention updates

There has been a recent update issued from the DVLA concerning personalised registrations help on retention certificates and certificated of entitlements. These changes affect only those certificates that have expired and have no bearing on current certificates or registrations that

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  • 6th Dec, 2016

Dubai Number 5 Number Plate Sells For £9.7 Million

Dubai Number 5 Number Plate

Dubai number plate number 5 has just sold at a public auction for £9.7 million. Dubai resident Balwinder Sahni paid 33 million dirhams (approximately £9.7 million) for a sought-after licence plate at a government auction. A single digit number plate

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  • 23rd Nov, 2016