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60s   Afghanistan plate wanted
cast
70s   Afghanistan plate wanted
90s Afghanistan plate wanted
Klotz
    Albania plate wanted
1994 Albania plate wanted
Europlate
? bk/gr Algeria IT
1964 wh/gr Algeria CD
1976 Algeria 118 = ?
also CC and CMD
1997

Andorra sample

plate wanted
E stands for Spain and F for France
Figueras

also CMD 1E (or F)

 
1997
Andorra plate wanted
A = administation
E stands for Spain and F for France
Klotz
1997 Andorra  plate wanted
E stands for Spain and F for France
Figueras
70s bk/wh Angola ACD
80s re/wh Angola ACD
80s Antigua & Barbuda plate wanted
Klotz
2000   Antigua & Barbuda  
? Argentina  plate wanted
Brom
    Armenia  
1956 Australia  
1956 Australia motorcycle 
1979 Australia ACT
never issued?
1980 Australia no Embassy code
1981 Australia first 2 digits are the country code
69 = United Kingdom
numbers used are 01 for the Ambassador up to 69
1981 Australia administrative and technical staff
first 2 digits are the country code
25 = Canada
numbers used from 70-99
1981 Australia, ACT plate wanted
no Embassy code
NPCC
? Australia, NSW plate wanted
no Embassy code
Hudson
1980 Australia, NSW no Embassy code
? Australia, NSW plate wanted
no Embassy code
Hudson
? Australia, NSW plate wanted
no Embassy code
Hudson
1978 Australia, NT
plate wanted
C de C pressed
Fox
 ? Australia, NT C de C silk screened
1989 Australia, NT new dies
Rinaldi
1969 Australia, QLD no Embassy code
1993 Australia, QLD no Embassy code
1997 Australia, QLD plate wanted
no Embassy code
NPCC
? Australia, SA no Embassy code
70s Australia, TAS no Embassy code
1939 Australia, VIC plate wanted
no Embassy code
NPCC
1953 Australia, VIC plate wanted
no Embassy code
NPCC
1983 Australia, VIC no Embassy code
1996
?		 Australia, VIC plate wanted
no Embassy code
Henderson
1998
?		 Australia, VIC plate wanted
no Embassy code
also available with on the move slogan
Henderson
2000
?		 Victoria
picture wanted 		Australia, VIC plate wanted
no Embassy code
also available with Victoria slogan
70's Australia, WA no Embassy code
70's Australia, WA no Embassy code
? Australia, WA plate wanted
no Embassy code
NPCC
1967 Austria first 2 digits are the country code
71 = Côte d'Ivoire
1990 Austria first 2 digits are the country code
11 = Belgium
1990 Austria plate wanted
consular corps (here Salzburg)
no country codes Europlate
2002 Austria plate wanted
here the first digit is the country code
72 = Malaysia (second vehicle for the ambassador) Eric 
1993 wh/re Azerbaijan AZ
? wh/bl Bahamas  
1973 with BRN
 Bahrain plate wanted
later without  BRN
Klotz
80's Bahrain plate wanted
also export with western characters an BRN (bk/wh?)
Klotz
1993
Bahrain plate wanted
Klotz (2x)
  Bangladesh  
1966 Barbados  
1992 Belarus plate wanted
RG
? picture wanted Belgium plate wanted
1954 Belgium no Embassy code
1958   Belgium plate wanted
1975 Belgium no Embassy code
1994 Belgium no Embassy code
? Belize  
1991 Benin plate wanted
Klotz
    Bermuda  
? Bhutan 5 = ?
1964 Bolivia plate wanted
issued every two years
Klotz
1988   Bolivia  
1995   Bolivia  
1992 Bosnia-Herzegovina

SA = Sarajevo
29 = ?
Klotz (1st)
1975
Botswana 4 = Nigeria
front plate = white
Klotz

1 = United Kingdom
yellow = rear plate
1975 Botswana plate wanted
CDA = embassy owned
1 = United Kingdom
front plate = white
RG
1978 Brazil plate wanted
Corps Consular
 van Wersch
1990 Brunei 9 = USA
    Bulgaria  
1976 Burkina Faso HV = Haute Volta (used until 1983)
13 = Switzerland
1985   Burkina Faso  
? Burundi plate wanted
 Klotz
? Cambodia plate wanted
34 = Indonesia
Klotz
1991 Cameroon  
1991 Cameroon CMD = Chief of Diplomatic Mission
5 = Belgium
1991 Cameroon Corps Consular
1946
Canada plate wanted
no Embassy code
Sallmen (2x)
1959 Canada no Embassy code
1967 Canada plate wanted
no Embassy code
Sallmen
1968 Canada plate wanted
no Embassy code
RG
1973
Canada CD and CC
no Embassy code
RG (2nd)
1987 Canada plate wanted
no Embassy code
Sallmen
1994 Canada plate wanted
no Embassy code
a friend
    Cape Verde  
1984 Central African Republic plate wanted
02 = ?
RG
1983 Chad plate wanted
04 = USA
van Wersch
1984 Chile plate wanted
no Embassy code
Klotz
60s China plate wanted
31 = Beijing
Klotz
? China plate wanted
no Embassy code
Klotz
    Colombia  
1975 Comoros plate wanted
34 = France
van Wersch
1987   Comoros  
? Congo   plate wanted
RG
1975 Cook Islands  plate wanted
Greene
1993 Cook Islands  plate wanted
Europlate
? Costa Rica plate wanted
48 = Netherlands
Klotz
? Costa Rica plate wanted
07 = Colombia
Hunger
? Costa Rica plate wanted
MD = Diplomatic Mission
48 = Netherlands
RG
1976 Côte d'Ivoire 9 = Italy
also CC, CMD
1976 Côte d'Ivoire 4 = USA
non diplomatic embassy staff
1992 Croatia ZG = Zagreb
60 = USA
1951
Cuba no Embassy code
Klotz (2nd)
70s Cyprus thick plastic letters
70s Cyprus Corps Consular
note the Mercedes sign within the plate
    Turkish Rep. of North Cyprus  
50s Czech Republic plate wanted
no Embassy code
RG
1960 Czech Republic plate wanted
20 = USA
Klotz
1978 Czech Republic plate wanted
35 = USA
Klotz
1976 Denmark no Embassy code
numbers have been changed
1976 Denmark Corps Consular and International Organizations
but also used for NATO
no Embassy code
70s Djibouti plate wanted
no Embassy code
Fox
? Djibouti plate wanted
normal Djibouti plate with CD
Klotz
1977 Djibouti  plate wanted
15 = China
van Wersch
80s   Dominica  
1932   Dominican Republic  
? Dominican Republic  plate wanted
no Embassy code
Fox
? Dominican Republic no Embassy code
 40s   Ecuador  
 60s   Ecuador  
1989 Ecuador plate wanted
no Embassy code?
Hunger
1989 Ecuador technical assistance
RG
? Egypt plate wanted
9 = Germany
Knopf
1994 bk/gr Egypt  
1959   El Salvador  
1988   El Salvador  
? Equatorial Guinea plate wanted
diplomatic personnel
Klotz
1993   Eritrea  
1992
Estonia plate wanted
notice: the not full border
30 = USA
15 = France
CMD = head of the mission
NPCC and Laars
1996

Estonia notice: the full border
and: old version was
spaced differently (mistake?)

34 = Poland
14 = Canada
CMD = head of the mission
(here the 2nd car) 
1998 Estonia plate wanted
30 = USA
Laars
1972   Ethiopia  
1991   Ethiopia  
    European Union  
  CD 12 Fiji  
1976 Fiji  
1995 Fiji Fiji  
1952 Finland plate wanted
silver on blue
DNA files
Finland  plate wanted
no Embassy code
Fox
1979
Finland plate wanted (2x)
 47 = Russia
28 = United Kingdom
Luoma (2x) 
1979
Finland plate wanted (2x)
 45 = Czech Republic
36 = Mexico
embassy staff
1990 Finland plate wanted
reflective
19 = Canada
Luoma
1950 Forces in Europe numberplate is from the British Forces in Germany
PP 
40s France plate wanted
no Embassy code
van Wersch
50s


France no Embassy code

square
long
motorcycle

also with CD
van Wersch (4th)
? France also with CD

normally with 75 = Paris

but also with 06 = Nice
van Wersch (2x)
1965




France 90 = the Netherlands

22 = Central African Republic

E = O.E.C.D.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
246 = 46 = Greece
CMD = Chief of Diplomatic Mission

U = UNESCO
290 = 90 = the Netherlands
van Wersch (4th)

6 = USA
van Wersch (5th)

128 = former DDR
1965
France non diplomatic embassy staff

90 = the Netherlands
van Wersch

431 = European Nuclear Research Conference
    French Polynesia  
    French West Africa  
80s Gabon plate wanted
047 = France
van Wersch
1965
Gambia EEC = European Economic Community

USA
van Wersch (2nd)
1993   Georgia  
1951 Germany plate wanted
no Embassy code
Europlate
1956 Germany no Embassy code
1956 Germany non diplomatic embassy staff
no Embassy code
1973
Germany 78 = Congo

11 = Egypt
1973 Germany plate wanted
duplicate Diplomat
30 = Costa Rica
Europlate
1973 Germany non diplomatic embassy staff
64 = Israel
? Germany corps consular
no Embassy code
1995 Germany 48 = Greece
1995 Germany non diplomatic embassy staff
123 = Singapore
1995 Germany corps consular
no Embassy code
? German Dem. Rep. 05 = Romania
01 = Diplomat
? German Dem. Rep. non diplomatic embassy staff
41 = United Kingdom
60s
Ghana 2 = USA

41 = Bulgaria
1995   Ghana  
1969   Greece  
1990   Greece  
80s   Grenada  
1990   Grenada  
1956   Guatemala  
1980   Guatemala  
1988   Guatemala  
    Guiana (French)  
1958   Guinea  
1978   Guinea  
1986   Guinea  
1973   Guinea-Bissau  
1989   Guinea-Bissau  
1983 Guyana plate wanted
5 = USA
van Wersch
1969 Haiti no Embassy code
1974 Haiti corps consular
    Honduras  
    Hong Kong  
1983 Hungary diplomatic exit
1998 Hungary   plate wanted
Diplomáciai Testület
Csonka
1998 Hungary  plate wanted
non diplomatic embassy staff
Brekke
1998 Hungary diplomatic exit
60s? Iceland no special Diplomatic plates yet
15 and later 75 thousand series
1989 Iceland C = Denmark
? India no Embassy code
1989 India 26 = DDR
Hunger
1943 Indonesia  
1977
Indonesia 60 = Netherlands

note the different 1's
21 = Pakistan
van Wersch (2nd)
    Iran  
    Iraq  
70s Ireland no country codes
1987 Ireland no country codes
1991 Ireland no country codes
1955 Israel 22 = United Kingdom
1955 Israel plate wanted
15 = USA
Klotz
1980 Israel 22 = Diplomatic
15 = USA
1980 Israel non diplomatic embassy staff
1984 Italy plate wanted
BV = Norway
Brekke
1995 CD 1234 AB Italy  
    Jamaica  
? Japan export use only 
  Jordan  
    Kazakhstan  
 

Kenya K = Kenya
27 = Netherlands
18 = Canada
29 = USA
RG and ? (2nd and 3rd)
also used CC and UN
  Korea, North 07 Hungary
  Korea, South plate wanted 
no country codes
Klotz
    Kuwait  
? Kyrgyzstan plate wanted 
001 = ?
Klotz
? Kyrgyzstan plate wanted 
012 = ?
Klotz
? Kyrgyzstan plate wanted 
08 = Germany
van Wersch
1975 Laos 13 = USA
    Latvia  
? Lebanon plate wanted 
142 = Japan
cast
van Wersch
? Lebanon plate wanted 
corps consular
cast
van Wersch
1994 Lesotho 11 = USA
1963 Liberia no country codes
    Libya  
1991
Lithuania no country codes
year at the end

van Wersch (1st)
50s
Luxembourg just a low number

van Wersch (1st)
60s Luxembourg no country codes
1974 Luxembourg no country codes
2003 picture wanted
CD 1234 (in Euro style)		 Luxembourg plate wanted
14 = USA
16 = Netherlands
    Macao  
1992 Macedonia plate wanted
 SK = Skopje
40 = ?
RG
1996 Macedonia plate wanted
29 = ?
Europlate
2002 Macedonia plate wanted
25 = ?
Francoplaque
1990 Madagascar corps consular
008 = USA
    Malawi  
1963
Malaysia no country codes?

van Wersch (2nd)
? Malaysia 38 = United Kingdom
? Malaysia mission owned
25 = Belgium
    Maldives  
1962 Mali very hard to read: IT RM CD 1993
no country codes
? Mali plate wanted
RG
? Mali plate wanted
02 = France
van Wersch
50s CD 1234 Malta plate wanted
1979 Malta no country codes
(also used as tax free)
1995 Malta plate wanted
Germany
RG
    Mauritania  
1968 Mauritius plate wanted
100 = Australia
NPCC
1992 Mauritius  plate wanted
10 = Australia
NPCC
  Mexico  plate wanted
RG
    Moldova  
    Monaco  
    Mongolia  
1983 Morocco 17 = USA
cast plate
1983
Morocco  PAT = administrative and technical staff

17 = USA
cast plates
? Mozambique plate wanted
20 = country code
RG
? Myanmar no country codes
    Namibia  
    Nauru  
80s
Nepal Katmandu
no country codes
very thin sheet of metal

also UN
Riemann (2nd)
1946 CD Netherlands  
1946 CDJ Netherlands International Court of Justice
1951

Netherlands no country codes

2nd = newer (longer) version

square version
1977 Netherlands no country codes
1978 Netherlands no country codes
  Netherlands US-size
1978 Netherlands International Court of Justice
1978 Netherlands non diplomatic embassy staff
here a motorcycle
1991 Netherlands no country codes
1991
Netherlands

International organization
no country codes

also motorcycle Schatorjé
plate wanted

 
1991
Netherlands International Court of Justice
no country codes

should have only one dash
2000 Netherlands plate wanted
no country codes
Schatorjé
2000 Netherlands non diplomatic embassy staff
1939 New Zealand

plate wanted United Kingdom High Commission plates were introduced at the beginning of the war in Sept 1939. The following year they were joined by the AHC and CHC for Australian and Canadian High Commissions and  followed, after self rule by India in 1947, by an IHC prefix RG
1951
New Zealand  plate wanted
 no country codes
these plates are from
1956 and 1961 RG/Fox
1965 New Zealand  no country codes
1965 New Zealand plate wanted
motorcycle
RG
1965 New Zealand  plate wanted
car-size
RG
1965 New Zealand non diplomatic embassy staff
1986 New Zealand  plate wanted
no country codes
RG
1986 New Zealand   plate wanted
no country codes
RG
1986 New Zealand  plate wanted
non diplomatic embassy staff
Brumby
80s? Nicaragua 40 = ?
also CC = corps consular and
MI = international mission
    Niger  
    Nigeria  
1985
Norway Brekke (1st)

14 = Belgium
10 = USA
    Oman  
    Pakistan  
1980 Panama no country codes
? Papua New Guinea no country codes
1976 Papua New Guinea no country codes
1957 Paraguay plate wanted
no country codes
RG
19?? Paraguay plate wanted
no country codes? but here Germany
Hunger
1968 Peru plate wanted
no country codes
van Wersch 
1970 Philippines CM = Chief of Mission
Belgium
1981 Philippines with different stickers:
CM = Chief of Mission
CD = Diplomatic Corps
OEV = other exempt vehicle, adm. and techn. personnel
1958
Poland plate wanted
no country codes
W = Warsaw but also
G = Gdansk
van Wersch (2x)
1958 Poland plate wanted
non diplomatic embassy staff
van Wersch 
1976 Poland plate wanted
36 = Portugal
van Wersch 
? Portugal no country codes
? Portugal non diplomatic embassy staff
1986 Portugal plate wanted
1986 Portugal plate wanted
 CC = corps consular
Lima
1986 Portugal plate wanted
non diplomatic embassy staff
    Qatar  
1958 Romania  no country codes
cast plate
1980 Russian Federation 01 = United Kingdom
    Rwanda  
? St. Lucia plate wanted
van Wersch
    San Marino  
? Saudi Arabia plate wanted
country code?
van Wersch
? Senegal 037 = Canada
1987 Seychelles no country codes
also used CC
    Sierra Leone  
?
Singapore 23 = United Kingdom

19 = USA

van Wersch (2nd)
1997 Slovakia plate wanted
12 = China
Grochal
1997 Slovakia plate wanted
non diplomatic embassy staff
18 = France
Europlate
1992 Slovenia plate wanted
LJ = Ljubljana
A = diplomatic status (CD + CC + IO)
40 = Germany van Wersch
? Slovenia plate wanted
LJ = Ljubljana
A = diplomatic status (CD + CC + IO)
03 = ?
van Wersch
80s Solomon Islands 1 = United Kingdom
    Somalia  
1981 South Africa no country codes
1947
Spain the first and the last year
cast plates
1977
Spain plate wanted
old dies
27 = USA
Francoplaque (1st)
 39 = India
van Wersch (2nd)
1977
Spain Corps Consular
old dies
04 = Algeria
NPCC
 32 = United Kingdom
2000 Spain plate wanted
57 = the Netherlands
van Wersch
 ? Sri Lanka no country codes
this one belonged to the German embassy
 ? Sri Lanka no country codes
this one belonged to the Thai embassy
unfortunately the thin plastic plate was broken but glued together again
    Sudan  
? Suriname plate wanted
no country codes
Luoma 
    Swaziland  
1989
Sweden plate wanted (1st)
Brekke (1st)

BS = Hungary

AF = USA
1994 Sweden plate wanted
DH = Thailand
Brekke
2002 Sweden plate wanted
AF = USA
Brekke
1968
Switzerland plate wanted
blue = international origination

11 = Mexico
55 = China
Francoplaque (2x)
1968 Switzerland plate wanted
green = embassies
22 = Austria
Francoplaque
1968 Switzerland plate wanted
Corps Consular
39 = Italy
Brekke
1968 AT
picture wanted		 Switzerland plate wanted
administration and 
technical personnel
? Switzerland plate wanted
blue = international origination
33 = Ghana
Francoplaque
    Syria  
1972 Taiwan no country codes
1972 Taiwan Corps Consular
no country codes
1986 Taiwan no country codes
    Tajikistan  
? Tanzania 79 = the Netherlands
? Thailand 57 = Netherlands
 ? Togo very hard to read: RT CD 390
no country codes
 ? Tonga plate wanted
 RG
?
Tunisia 20 = Germany
Knopf (2nd)
? Turkey  plate wanted
06 = Ankara
CA 0 = USA
Klotz
    Turkmenistan  
1976 Uganda  plate wanted
02 = USA
RG
2001 Ukraine  plate wanted
024 = Austria
Eric
1976 United Arab Emirates  plate wanted
43 = Australia
Francoplaque
? United Arab Emirates  plate wanted
62 = Romania
RG
90s? United Arab Emirates  plate wanted
58 = 
Sabine
? United Kingdom  plate wanted
number from 1966?
RG
1979 United Kingdom 239 = Saudi Arabia
1991 United Kingdom 141 = Czech Republic

with at the bottom of the plate DVL 
1964 United States of America  no country codes
1970 United States of America  no country codes

 
? United States of America 1973?
 no country codes
1985 United States of America D = diplomat
FS = the Netherlands
60s Uruguay no special Diplomatic plates yet
Auckel
60s Uruguay motorcycle/moped?
Klotz
60s
Uruguay first ones without the coat of arms
Auckel (1st)

enamel plate 
1962 Uruguay first number probably
a country code
enamel plate 
1972
Uruguay van der Valk (1st)
1982 Uruguay  
1992 Uruguay also CC and IO
owner unkown
2000 picture wanted Uruguay
    Uzbekistan  
? Vanuatu Australia
? Vanuatu Australia
RG
1982 Venezuela plate wanted
25 = ?
Klotz
? Vietnam plate wanted
08 = Germany
van Wersch
? Vietnam non diplomatic embassy staff
19 = Belgium
1979 Western Samoa plate wanted
RG
 ? Yemen plate wanted
RG
?   Yugoslavia plate wanted
1952 Yugoslavia plate wanted
owner unknown
1961 Yugoslavia plate wanted
78 = Australia
RG
1970
Yugoslavia A = diplomatic
30 = United Kingdom
E = non diplomatic embassy staff
M = mission and P = foreign press

also motorcycle
60 = USA
Klotz
1991



Yugoslavia
(BG)

 

 Bosnia-Herzegovina
(SA)

Croatia
(ZG)

Macedonia
(SK)

Slovenia
(LJ)

 Yugoslavia
BG = Beograd
60 = USA
Klotz (1st)

no longer Yugoslavia but:

SA = Sarajevo
29 = ?
Klotz (2nd)

ZG = Zagreb
60 = USA

SK = Skopje
40 = ?
Klotz

LJ = Ljubljana
40 = Germany
van Wersch (4th)
1980 Zaire 13 = USA
1980 Zaire Corps Consular
13 = USA
1990 Zaire plate wanted
002 = Germany
Hunger
1975 Zambia plate wanted
3 = Germany
Klotz
1992 br?/wh Zambia plate wanted
1984 Zimbabwe normal configuration 12 CD 34
if it is the Ambassador they leave off the 01 altogether
37 = Hungary 
1984 Zimbabwe TCE = Technical Co-operation Experts 
200 = UN Development Program
1984 Zimbabwe AD = administrative and technicalstaff 
81 = USA
dies are Dutch
van Wersch

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