Aruba

	Picture	Date of first issue	Date of last issue	Type	Description	Remarks
1		1928?	1945?	car	A 1234 1234 A	A 1234 for the even years and 1234 A for the uneven years Fox (4x)
2		1949?	1952	car	A 1234 1234 A	note: the even and uneven years have changed this change was between 1941 and 1949 Fierens (1950) Fox (1952)
3		1953	1957	car	A 1234	Bittner (1953) Bittner (1954) Bittner (1956) Fox (1957)
4		1958	1959	car	A 1234	Aruba, N.A. Fierens (1958) Government plates had a different color than the year color, normally black on white (until 1959?)
5		1960	1975	car	A 12345	new dies (1960-1971) Klotz (1960) 1963 first year with tab? new dies (1972-1981) van Bennekom (1972)
6		1976	1982	car	A 12345	slogan: isla di carnaval new dies (1982-1983)
7		1983	1986	car	A 12345	new dies (1984-1992) new slogan: one happy island in 1986 Aruba became independent from Neth. Antilles
8		1987	now	bus	B 12	Aruba, N.A. becomes Aruba
9		1987	now	pers	up to 6 characters	no tab 1st plate is from 1988 2nd plate is from 1998
10		1988	1988	car	A 12345	Bittner (1st) 1st quarter: plate 2nd quarter: red sticker 3rd quarter: blue sticker 4th quarter: tab
11		1989	1989	car	A 12345	no tab, but a sticker 1st quarter: plate 2nd quarter: black on red sticker 3rd quarter: yellow on red sticker 4th quarter: white on red sticker
12		1990	1992	car	A 12345	same dies but with tab again
13		1993	2004	car	A 12345	new dies (1993-2004)
14		2005	now	car	A 12345	new dies (2005-)
-		-	-	-	Souvenir plates (personalized plates should be in the year design and in the year colors)	Becker some times without year or in the wrong colors (and sometimes hard to notice, 1997 should be white on green)

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