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The History of Personalised Number Plates

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
Queensland Number Plate ‘CAIRNS’ Up For Sale

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
Number Plates Displayed Incorrectly – Fines Nationwide

Fines are being handed out for illegally spaced number plates by local police forces up and down the UK. Research has shown that Surrey had the second highest number of illegal number plates in the country in 2015 behind the
Important DVLA Update For Registrations On Retention Certificates

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
Dubai Number 5 Number Plate Sells For £9.7 Million

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
D 5 Dubai Personalised Number Plate Sells For Dh33 Million!

Dubai number plate D5 has just sold at auction for Dh33 million! “Dh50 million, Dh100 million, whatever the bidding would have reached, I would have bought it.” One of many bidders at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) auction in
UAE Number 1 Plate Sells For £3.4 Million!

A personalised registration plate bearing just the number one fetched AED18m (£3.4m) at auction in the UAE. The winning bidder was Emirati businessman Arif Ahmed al-Zarouni, who said “My ambition is always to be number one.” His bid was 18
Cars That Last A Lifetime?

Mr. Allen Swift: Born – 1908 – Died 2010. This man owned & drove the same car for 82 YEARS. Can you imagine even having the same car for 82 years? Mr. Allen Swift (Springfield, Massachusetts) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce
GG 300 – JFK Number Plates Sell For $100,000 (£65,000)

Some famous Washington D.C. number plates, which were on the limousine carrying John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie on the fateful day of his assassination on November 22, 1963, were sold at auction recently. The asking price was $40,000,
The benefits of owning a private number plate
In recent weeks, the registration number KR15 HNA sold for an impressive £233,000 at a DVLA auction and, at the same event, the plate TR15 TAN sold for £25,000. This demonstrates that personalised number plates remain as popular as ever,