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Vehicle registration plates of Mauritius. 1 language. ... Mauritius requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates ...
From January 1953, owing to the Federal number plate system, Victorian plates switched to the three-letter, three-number standard: GAA-000 to HZZ-999, and JAA-000 to LZZ-999, coloured white lettering on a black background, and a "Vic" insert on the top of the plate. [4] The first three-lettered plate, GAA-000 was issued on 27 January 1953. [5]
Personalised plates have recently become available that allow motorists to choose any seven letters, overlaid on a map of the island with "Bermuda" printed across the top, on a plate of North American standard 6 × 12 inches (152 × 300 mm). Similar sized plates are used for classic cars, designated by a preceding 'CL'.
Sales of personalised number plates have more than doubled over the past decade, figures obtained by the BBC suggest. More than 1.2 million transactions took place in 2024, up from about 500,000 ...
Irv Gordon's 1966 Volvo P1800S, the record holder for the highest mileage privately-owned car in the world, wearing a vanity plate reading "MILNMILR" ('million miler'). A vanity plate or personalized plate (United States and Canada); prestige plate, private number plate, cherished plate or personalised registration (United Kingdom); personalised plate (Australia, New Zealand, and United ...
Number plate displaying a vehicle registration mark created between 1903 and 1932. The first series of number plates was issued in 1903 and ran until 1932, consisting of a one- or two-letter code followed by a sequence number from 1 to 9999. [47] The code indicated the local authority in whose area the vehicle was registered.
The black car, at left, with the number plate ADF1, carried the Chief of the Defence Force; the white car behind it, with the number plate C1, carried the Prime Minister; and the black car, second from the right, carried the Governor-General. Cars owned by the government have special number plates, some also have a crown and symbols.
"The Printing Plate of the Mauritius 1847 Post Office Issue" in The London Philatelist, Vol. 121, No. 1392, Jan/Feb 2012, pp. 2–9. Hiroyuki Kanai , Classic Mauritius, Stanley Gibbons, London (1981) ISBN 0-85259-251-5 —an illustrated work on the author's famous Mauritius collection, including photos of reconstructed plates, postmarks and ...