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What's new in the last 30 days?

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Here's the first image of a California University of Pennsylvania plate. The picture was provided by Nick Tsilakis. Posted 8/29.

Here's a partial image of a 1914 plate showing the aluminum maker's number tag. These were used on tags from 1910 thru 1915 to designate the vehicle manufacturer's number. They were occasionally used on later plates but that's another story. They're not exactly validation stickers, but in a manner of speaking they do validate the plate. Vern Kreckel III provided the image. Posted 8/29.

Here's a new specialty plate — Police Athletic League of Philadelphia. Posted 8/29.

The is the latest update from Correctional Industries after improving the contrast of some of the colors on the East Allen Township Fire Department prototype design. Posted 8/29.

Brendan Sherry has provided this image of Veteran plate 00014^U/_S. This is part of the reserve group of 1 to 99. General issue began at 00100^U/_S. Posted 8/24.

If you look closely, the Person with Disability plate on the far left uses a slightly larger wheelchair symbol and the letters P D are taller. This is not a new discovery, however, after spotting the plate on the far left I have revised the changeover point in the number series. Posted 8/24.

Here's an unusual Save Wild Animals - Tiger vanity plate, especially since PA does not issue vanities on Special Fund Plates, although it's not the first unique special fund plate. There are also Otter plates with 3-dugit numbers, which do not conform to the standard Otter plates. This vanity plate appears to be something possibly made up as a favor, since the plate has no validation sticker and was front-mounted. The image was courtesy of Nick Tsilakis. Posted 8/24.

I've never before seen a Repair Towing plate on a motorcycle. Here's two such plates side by side. They are full size 6' X 12' plates as PA has no such plate specifically for cycles. Click the image for a better view. Posted 8/18.

This is the first image of a Knights of Columbus plate now on the visitPA base with a colorful logo; and was provided by Nick Tsilakis. Posted 8/18.

Nick also sends along this Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. image. Posted 8/18.

This image shows a new reported high on the Antique Motorcycle series. This plate is more than half way thru the Format 10 series which runs from A0A to Z9Z. When this series is exhausted, the next anticipated series (Format 11) is likely to be 0AA to 9ZZ. Posted 8/15.

Bill Pratt shares these two images of an inversion error '75 Motorcycle plate. The sticker on the near left plate probably indicates how the plate was actually displayed on the bike. Posted 8/15.

Geneva College is giving their plate a fresh facelift (far left) as it switches to the visitPA base. Posted 8/15.

Brendan Sherry provides this first image of a Mount St. Mary's University plate. Posted 8/8.

This is the current high Passenger plate along with the companion temporary registration document. These images were provided by Jerry McCoy. Posted 8/8.

Here's one you don't see every day, at least not in my neighborhood. This very rare sighting was provided by Tom Perri. These images were captured at a NJ seashore resort. At one time plates from 3 to 23 were reserved for cabinet members. Today not as many state officials and politicos use these distinctive numbers due to security concerns; however, plates below 10 are still considered to be under control of the governor. Unfortunately in recent years the Governor and Lt. Governor have discontinued using the number 1 and 2 plates. Posted 7/30.

Vern Kreckel III has provided this image showing a '60 Suburban plate with the date embossed. These are being displayed on the Sticker Page. Suburban plates were issued to station wagons and the like from 1960 thru '64. All plates had the embossed 60, but after that first year they were all revalidated with stickers. There plates all had the telltale Q somewhere in the plate serial. There were a couple exceptions such as the Suburban Press Photographer and Suburban Amateur Radio plates that lacked the Q. Posted 7/30.

Added this Fire Fighter sample on the far left to the Special Organizational Plate History Page. Note the absence of any sticker well. Also note the use of the Keystone State legend on the near left plate which is incorrect. It should read Fire Fighter; however, there were no yellow on blue Fire Fighter plates issued, only blue on yellow during this era. Posted 7/30.

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