{"id":2244,"date":"2009-12-23T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/numberplates\/?p=10"},"modified":"2025-09-24T08:56:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:56:21","slug":"1-hrh-and-1-0-car-plates-auctioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/23\/1-hrh-and-1-0-car-plates-auctioned\/","title":{"rendered":"1 HRH and 1 0 car plates auctioned"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two distinctive car registration plates have been auctioned for a total of more than \u00a3320,000.<\/b><\/div>\n
The plate 1 O sold for \u00a3210,242, the fourth highest price paid to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.<\/div>\n
This fell short of expectations that it would beat the DVLA record of \u00a3254,000, set in 2006 for 51 NGH (Singh).<\/div>\n
The registration 1 HRH fetched \u00a3113,815 on Thursday, as part of the DVLA auction of 1,600 plates at Whittlebury Hall hotel, Northamptonshire.<\/div>\n
“The value of a number plate is increased the fewer letters and digits it has because it makes it rarer,” said a DVLA spokesman.<\/div>\n
He said that the 1 O plate was “about as rare as it gets”.<\/div>\n
The agency set its highest ever reserve price for the plate, of \u00a310,000.<\/div>\n
The Berkshire-based businessman who bought the regal-sounding 1 HRH said that he had been “determined to keep it in British hands”.<\/div>\n
DVLA number plate auctions have raised more than \u00a31.3bn for the Treasury since their introduction in 1989.<\/div>\n
The second highest price was \u00a3247,000 paid last year by retired Surrey-based businessman Rob Harverson for the 1 RH plate.<\/div>\n
People can buy an individual plate from DVLA Personalised Registrations at any time and there are just over 30 million registrations currently available.<\/div>\n
It also holds about six auctions a year, which feature distinctive dateless, current and older-style registrations.<\/div>\n
Private sales of personalised number plates have raised higher prices, with the registration F1 selling for more than \u00a3400,000 last year.<\/div>\n
TOP 10 DVLA SELLERS<\/div>\n
51 NGH = \u00a3254,000 (2006)<\/div>\n
1 RH = \u00a3247,000 (2008)<\/div>\n
K1 NGS = \u00a3231,000 (1993)<\/div>\n
1 O = \u00a3210,242 (2009)<\/div>\n
1 A = \u00a3200,000 (1989)<\/div>\n
1 OO = \u00a3197,000 (2006)<\/div>\n
6 B = \u00a3130,000 (2008)<\/div>\n
1 HRH = \u00a3113,815 (2009)<\/div>\n
S1 NGH = \u00a3108,000 (1998)<\/div>\n
1 RR = \u00a3106,000 (1995)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two distinctive car registration plates have been auctioned for a total of more than \u00a3320,000. The plate 1 O sold for \u00a3210,242, the fourth highest price paid to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. This fell short of expectations that<\/p>\n

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