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SPECIAL FUND PLATES

PLATE TYPE

PLATE FORMATTING

REFERENCE INFORMATION

PLATE PHOTOS & NEEDED IMAGES

UPDATES

SAMPLES AND PROTOTYPES

Conserve Wild Resources - owl

Saw Whet Owl

TYPE 1: W/R00000 to W/R99999

 

 

TYPE 2: W/R0000A to current high

 

This was the first special fund plate type issued by PA, starting in November 1993.  It was discontinued on February 7, 2000  but is still eligible for renewal. Replaced by River Otter plate.

Vehicle Code Reference

from Harry Falco, Jr.

from Harry Falco, Jr.

 

 

Conserve Wild Resources - otter

River Otter

TYPE UNKNOWN:  The R/C000 is an unknown plate format.  The R/C0000 plate below right is believed to be the first plate issued as I confirmed this with the owner.  Posted 6/20/06.

 

TYPE 1: R/C0000 to R/C9999

NOTE: Plate shown on right is the first one issued.  It is not a sample.

 

 

TYPE 2: R/C000A to R/C999A

 

 

 

 

TYPE 3: R/C00A0 to R/C99Z9

 

 

 

TYPE 4: R/C0A00 to current high

Newest series first spotted on 6/16/05.

 

This plate became available on 2/ 7/2000.

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from Nick Tsilakis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Eric Butler

DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)

TYPE 1: D/A0000 to D/A9999

 

 

 

 

TYPE 2: D/A000A to D/A999Z

 

 

 

 

TYPE 3: D/A00A0 to D/A99Z9

 

 

 

TYPE 4: D/A0A00 to D/A9B99

First seen in mid-April 2005.

 

 

 

TYPE 5: D/A0C00 to current high

Unveiled 10/26/05

Redesigned plate on visitPA base, flat screened prefix and tag line.

 

Plate became available September 1996

 

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from Glen Pomygalski

from Bruce Bufalini

 

 

from Steve Ondik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Lorraine Heckman

from Eric Butler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flagship Niagara

TYPE 1: F/N0000 to F/N9999

 

 

 

TYPE 2: F/N000A to F/N958V (or to current high)

 

This plate type is no longer issued due to visibility problems, but is still eligible for renewal.  Issued between 11/95 and 2/97.

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from Harry Falco, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Courtesy of plates.newyorktelephone.nett

 

Preserve Our Heritage - railroad

Railroad

TYPE 1: R/R0000 to R/R9999

 

 

 

 

TYPE 2: R/R000A to R/R999Z

 

 

 

 

TYPE 3: R/R00A0 to current high

 

Plate became available December 1998.

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from Bruce Bufalini

 

 

Save Wild Animals - tiger

Pa Zoological Council

TYPE 1: P/Z0000 to P/Z9999

 

 

 

 

TYPE 2: P/Z000A to P/Z999Z

 

 

 

 

TYPE 3: P/Z00A0 to P/Z99Z9

 

 

 

TYPE 4: P/Z0A00 to P/Z9Z99

 

 

 

TYPE 5: P/ZA000A to current high

The letter after the stacked P/Z prefix is the last character to advance.

This plate became available April 10, 1996.

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SPECIAL ORGANIZATION and SPECIALTY PLATES

4-H Youth Program

"4H"00000

Type added 6/6/05, moved to active 7/8/05

Information Link

 

from Bruce Bufalini

 

 

32° Masonic Learning Centers for Children

00000"L/C"

Type added 4/27/07

 

 

82nd Airborne Division Assn

00000"A/B"

Type added 3/29/2007

from Bruce Bufalini

 

 

AFSCME Council 13

00000"A/U"

Type added 4/13/08

Image needed

Type added 4/13

 

from Craig Wanner

AIDS Resource Alliance

Type posted 3/14/06

00000 "A/R"

Information Link

 

Image needed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Paul Bagnarol

Albright College

"A/L"20000

Information Link

Type added 8/19/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allegheny College

"A/C"00000

Information Link

 

 

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.

"I/V"00000

Type added 12/15/06

Image needed

 

 

American Legion

"A/L"00000

 

 

 

American Motorcyclist Association

"A/M"00000

Information Link

 

 

 

AMVETS

"A/V"00000

 

 

from Richard Dragon

Ancient Order of Hibernians

00000"I/R"

Type added 4/10/08

Image needed

Type added 4/10

 

Arcadia University

"A/U"00000

Information Link

 

 

from Richard Dragon

Autism Society of America

"A/U"20000

Information Link

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note different plate legend on samples

 

 

 

 

from Paul Bagnarol

Barbershopper

"B/Q"00000

 

 

 

B.P. Order of Elks

"O/E"20000

Listed as active plate on 2/5/05.

Information Link

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berwyn Fire Company

Type added 12/4/06

00000"B/F"

Image needed

 

 

Big Brothers & Big Sisters

Information Link

Listed as active plate on 2/5/05.

 

 

 

 

Bloomsburg University

TYPE 1: "B/U"00000 to current high

Newly redesigned plate is on the street as of 4/26/05.

 

 

TYPE 2: "B/U"00000 to current high

Redesigned plate on visitPA base with color logo, flat screened prefix and tag line.

 

Information Link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Paul Bagnarol

Blue Lodge

TYPE 1: "M/B"00000 to about "M/B"10999

On www base

 

 

TYPE 2: "M/B"11000 to about "M/B"11500

On visitPA base but with same formatting as Type 1.  Added 9/11/05

 

 

TYPE 3: From about "M/B"11500 to current high

Redesigned plate on visitPA base with color logo, flat screened prefix and tag line. Added 5/5/06

Information Link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Mountain Jeep Alliance

Type added 12/6/05

"J/P"00000

 

 

Boy Scouts of America

00000"B/S"

Type added 8/5/07

Information Link

Image needed

 

 

Brookline Fire Company

20000"B/F"

Type added 12/12/2006

 

Image needed

 

 

Bucknell University

"B/U"20000

Old base wearing a 7/05 sticker

 

Information Link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California University

00000"C/U"

Type added 1/29/07

Image needed

 

 

Carnegie Mellon University

"C/M"00000 to current high

Listed as active plate on 2/5/05.

Information Link

 

 

 

Carpenter's Union

"C/U"00000

 

 

Cathedral Preparatory School

10000"C/P"

Type added 12/6/07

Image needed

 

 

Cetronia Ambulance Corps

10000"C/A"

Type added 10/31/07

 

 

Chatham College

Type posted 8/18/05, moved to active status on 9/24/2005, first image 5/15/07.

Information Link

from Ned Flynn

 

 

Civil Air Patrol

00000"C/P"

Type added 8/30/06

Moved to active 4/22/07

Image needed

 

 

 

 

 

Clarion University

"C/U"40000

Information Link

Active type 3/8/05

 

 

 

Community Academy of Philadelphia

00000"C/A"

Type added 4/27/07

Image needed

 

 

Community for Pittsburgh Ultimate

00000"S/G"

Type added 3/28/06

Information Link

 

Image needed  

 

 

 

 

 

Corvette Club of Delaware Valley 20000"C/C"

Type posted 11/24/2006, moved to special organization 12/8/06.

 

 

Concordville Fire and Protective Association

00000"C/F"

Type added 10/25/07

Image needed

 

 

Deborah Grand Chapter OES-PHA

"E/S"200000

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Waterfowl

Information Link

"D/W"00000

Added 2/3/05

Image needed

 

 

 

Dickinson College

TYPE 1: "D/C"00000 to current high

On www base

 

 

TYPE 2: "D/C"00000 to current high

On visitPA base with color logo, flat screened prefix and tag line. Updated prototype added 2/20/06

Information Link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drexel University Alumni

"D/U"40000 to current high

Information Link

 

 

Ducks Unlimited

"D/U"00000 to current high

Information Link

 

 

Duquesne University

"D/U"20000

Type 1: on www base with embossed graphic

 

 

Type 2: on visitPA base with flat screened color graphic.  Added 4/28/07.

Information Link

 

 

 

 

 

East Stroudsburg University

"E/S"00000

 

 

Edinboro University

"E/U"00000

 

 

 

Elizabethtown College

"E/C"00000 to current high

from Nick Tsilakis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emergency Medical Services

TYPE 1: "E/M"00000 - "E/M"05999

On www base

 

 

TYPE 2:"E/M"06000 to current high

On visitPA base added 5/20/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FFA Association

00000"F/A"

Information Link

Type added 8/24/06

 

 

Fire Fighter

TYPE 1: "F/F"00000 to "F/F"35999, On www base.  This was the first special organizational plate issued by Pennsylvania in 1984.  Note that the sample and vanity plates below use a smaller Maltese cross than the standard plate.  Plate FF35991 was still on the www base.

 

TYPE 2: "F/F"36000 to "F/F"36100(?)  On www base but with narrow tag line and small Maltese cross.  Formatting similar to sample plate.

 

TYPE 3: "F/F"36100(?) to current high On visitPA base, with smaller logo and narrower tag line. 

 

 

Image & data needed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Richard Dragon

Fire Fighter (vanity)

This plate type was only issued for a short time when PA first started to produce special organizational plates in 1984.  It was quickly discontinued; however, those who had them were allowed to keep them and those few remaining were eventually reissued with the new base.

from Nick Tsilakis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flyers Wives Charities

"F/L"00000

Type added 12/6/06

Image needed

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Eric Butler

Franklin and Marshall College

00000"F/M" to current high

Type added 4/22

 

 

Fraternal Order of Police

TYPE 1: "F/P"00000 to about "F/P13999

On www base.

 

 

TYPE 2: From about "F/P"14000 to about "F/P"14750, on visitPA base but with same formatting as Type 1.  Added 12/28/07.

 

 

TYPE 3: From about "F/P"14750 to current high

on visitPA base with color logo, flat screened prefix and tag line. Added 6/7/05