Collector Sites

• Official A.L.P.C.A. Page - the page run by the Automobile License Plate Collector's Association, the preeminent American collectors' organization
  
• N.I.L.P.S. Online - the site of the Nevada International License Plate Society, a new and active collectors' group
  
• The PL8S Magazine License Plate Collectors WebSite - lots of classifieds, lots of pictures, lots of info
  
• Michael Kustermann's License Plate Pages - an excellent, and comprehensive, photo archive of very U.S. state's and every Canadian province's license plates; also pictures of many foreign plates
  
• Bill Caswell's Homepage Plate Section - an A.L.P.C.A. information archive with statistics about the variety of plates in each state is slowly growing here
  
• Mediafinder - The ALPCA Newsletter - find out about, and request more info on, the newsletter of the primary American tag collectors' group
  
• Musée Mobile de la Plaque Auto - a fascinating site by a Québec license plate museum; site is in French
  

Personal Sites

• Barbara Birt's Washington State Site - a fine history and image archive on the license plates of Washington
  
• Allan Brown's Maine License Plate Page - a great place to find about about and trade tags from Vacationland
  
• Bruce Bufalini's Web Page - a new site with a trade list from a Penn State fan
  
• Denny4Plates - a new and exciting page by a plate dealer on the West Coast; look for frequent specials on tags for sale
  
• DC Jr's Rhode Island License Plates - a nice site with images of all the various stages of the Ocean State's licensing
  
• Don Darnell's License Plate Page - a new collector looking for Illinois plates
  
• Ed English's Collector's Page - the place to find info on the license plate collecting listserv, as well as lots of e-mail addresses of collectors
  
• Florida Only License Plates - Howard Hinz's detailed info/swap page on the tags of the Sunshine state
  
• Paul Frater's License Plate Page - a fun site by a Canadian collector; has some neat images of Thai taxi plates
  
• Greg Glaude's License Plate Page - a new site by a Connecticut collect which is going by leaps and bounds
  
• Jan Pieter's Licence Plates - an clever and ambitious collector from Holland lays out his plates haul
  
• JL's Homepage - scroll down a bit and you find a nice image of a Penna. governor plate and some more info; by a Bavarian collector
  
• Little Judd's Page - a new site by a new collector
  
• Lijnis' Dutch License Plate Page - an European take on license plate collecting, plus a fair number of pictures including some exotic ones
  
• David's Licence Plate Exchange - a basic trading page from a western Canadian collector
  
• Mike 'n' Keith's Great Ohio License Plate Hunt - these guys' search to figure out the probability of seeing all Ohio tags must be seen to be believed
  
• Québec License Plates - A thorough and thoroughly interesting look at the license plates of Québec; with lots and lots of images
  
• A Duke Student's Trade Page - a, so far, underutilized exchange site
  
• Suzanne's Wanted Page - a short and sweet wanted list
  
• Ralph's U.S. License Plate Collection - a pretty page by a German collector of current American tags
  
• Joe Wasielewski's Plate Collecting Info - lots of info on Connecticut plates, as well as a growing number of images
  
• Yellky's Polish License Plates WWW Page - the English-langauge version of an interesting site by a Polish collector of U.S. license plates
  
• Yudschin's Homepage - ever seen walls covered with license plates so that not one inch of paints shows? You will after checking out this cool site
  

State and Province Sites

• License Plates of Alaska - a horde of Alaskan tags for sale at pretty reasonable prices
  
• California Specialized Plates' Pages - ordering and background info at these respective sites
  
  • The Lake Tahoe License Plate
    
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary License Plate
    
  • Personalized California Plates
    
• Florida License Plate Information:
  • Florida License Plate Information - a pictoral list of all Florida plates; there's a lot and this might take a long time to load for folks with slower modems
    
  • Florida Arts License Plate Program - a very informative page produced by the Fla. Department of State
    
• History of License Plates in Idaho - a nice survey from the state's historical society
  
• Illinois' Environmental Plates - all the info you need to order or find out about the enviro-plate from the Land of Lincoln
  
• Michigan's New Commemorative Plate - the tag honors the centennial of car-making in Michigan
  
• Missouri's New Plate - a futuristic design to replace the old maroon and white of the Show-Me state
  
• Southwest Missouri State University Custom Plates - a page with images and a chance to order a license plate to show SMSU pride
  
• Wyoming License Plate Prefix Numbers - identify the county your Wyoming plate hails from with this page from the Laramie County Community College
  
• Ontario Licence Plate News - a entry from Canada's most populous province, which details, among other things, how Ontario might soon run out of valid plate numbers
  
• Yukon License Plates - the history and look of Yukon plates
  
• Amateur Radio (Ham) License Plates - an informative page listing how to obtain official ham radio tags in any U.S. state
  
• Amateur "Ham" Radio License Plates - more info on how to obtain ham tags
  
• License Plates Legal Information - whaddya expect from a kid in law school?
  
• DMV Physical Architecture Diagram - something I don't quite understand, but hopefully somebody can explain it to me someday
  

Non-North American Geographical Sites

• Berumda License Plate Prefixes by the Answer Man - courtesy of the Bermuda Sun newspaper
  
• British Automobile Registration - a full listing and explanation of the alpha-numeric system used for British plates
  
• The Rules Behind Dutch License Plates - describes how the Netherlands codes its license plates
  
• German Registration Glossary - a compendium of codes used in the license plates of Germany, Thorsten also has the Austrian and Swiss license plate codes available; all pages written in Ger man
  
• Ireland's Statutory County Codes - these are used on the plates of motor vehicles in the Irish Republic
  

Plates for Sale

• Americana Resources - Automotive & License Plates - a Washington, D.C. antique dealer with a sizable on-line selection of plates for sale
  
• Arizona Creations License Plate Key Chains - a offering of license plate key chains from all the states and provinces, as well as many foreign countries
  
• Connie's Antiques and Collectibles - a large collection of New Mexico tags for sale
  
• Dianne Ventromille Antiques: License Plates - several Massachusetts tags for sale from the early 1900's
  
• The Forum's Vintage Plate For Sale Page - only a few tags here, but they're old and in good condition
  
• Hawaii License Plates for Sale - fairly reasonably priced HI passenger and motorcycle tags in singles and pairs
  
• Motor Vehicle Licence Systems - design, manufacture, and market specialty license plates, including Olympic issues; since 1988
  
• Personalized Nevada License Plates - almost the real Nevada thing, except with red letters instead of blue and with any name you want on them
  

Speciality and Engraved Plates

• Apparel Exchange: Pre-printed License Plate Suppliers - a thorough list with addresses and phone numbers
  
• Canadian License Plate Co. - maker of personalized and speciality plates
  
• Custom 4 U - Custom License Plates - another custom license plate operation with lots of images on their page
  
• Tags4U - a slickly-designed site offering personalized plates for individual and business use
  
• Woody's Garage - full-sized engravable laminated plastic license plates from any state
  

Registration Services

• DomainMart: Road Domains - find and reserve the plate number or saying you desire with this service
  
• National Drivers License and Auto Registration Directory - a one-stop archive of the agencies that handle automobile titles and registration across the U.S.; perfect if you want to find out t he owner of a license plate
  
• Earthserve Car Registration Plate Index - a British database of over 250,000 plates for sale
  
• Initial Registrations Unique Car Number Plates - another British compliation of possible plate numbers for U.K. residents
  
• Registrations - a well-done service with a fine search function, indexes all available British registration numbers
  

Plate-Related Items for Sale

• License Plate Books For Sale from ID Pubco - these guys offer two books, one on history and the other on current issues, about plates
  
• NIC Law Enforcement Supply's License Plate Book - intended for cops, their offering identifies legal current plates
  
• Poster of the Preamble to the Constitution on License Plates - for sale for $6.00
  
• License Plate Key Tags - collectibles themselves, key chains are available for all of the U.S. and Canada
  
• License Plate Birdhouses - sold by the Cottage Craft Store
  

Stories and Anecdotes

• Letterman's Classic License Plate Bit - performed on Late Nite back on May 13, 1985 ; good stuff
  
• The License Plate Game - a well-designed way to connect states or provinces with their corresponding license plates; this grew out of the old ro ad trip game
  
• License Plates on the Simpsons - catalogues all the tag numbers used on the show; very funny
  
• Occupation Diary: License Plates - a look at the serious side of plates by reference to the Israeli-Arab struggle
  
• Plate Collecting Stories - the "true life" recollections of collectors and vanity plate specialists
  
• Mark Rosenthal on License Plates - a columnist for Northwestern's student newspaper decries the disappearance of state slogans from tags
  
• The Tampa Tribune: "Home plates -- A license to collect" - a story in the west Florida paper which details the exploits of local plate collector Jeff Francis
  
• Treat Yourself to a Rolls Royce - enter your vanity plate and get a lovely GIF image of a Rolls with your tag; courtesy of Nexus Technology
  
• Peter van der Krogt's Maps on License Plates - a Dutch cartographer's collection of maps used on different plates; real interesting
  

About Vanity Plates

• Corvette License Plates - some nifty photos of license plates found on Corvettes
  
• Dictionary of Custom License Plate Terms
  
• KNX 1070 Newsradio's Personalized License Plate Showcase - a funny pictorial of vanity tags
  
• Leon Poon's Vanity Plates Page
  
• New Jersey Vanity Plates - a collection of clever N.J. tags by Donald Watrous
  
• Personalized License Plates
  
• Rush Fans' License Plates - fans of the rock group Rush honor their band
  
• Texas Vanity License Plates
  
• Vanity Auto License Tags Seen or Reported by Others - has info about Oklahoma vanities in particular
  
• Crazy Dutch License Plates - as close as people in the Netherlands get to vanity plates
  
• Daniel Jurman's Slovenian License Plate Collection - another attempt by a different European country, Slovenia, to have vanity plates; some clever asid es on this site
  

Related Automobilia

• Happy J's Cars, Trucks, and Motorcycles List - a list of automobilia sites
  
• Maine Antique Dealer Directory: Automobilia Category List
  
• Mobilia Magazine - a good source for automobilia collection, especially for the novice
  
• Planet Automotive - an e-zine for automotive enthusiasts and auto buyers
  
• Road Map Collectors of America - you like plates, so you may like collecting road maps too
  
• The Virtual Junkyard - the only known on-line junkyard
  
• Winning Ways - the antique classic collectible special interest cars supplies web site
  

General Antique Collecting

• Antiques Addiction - a new and growing searchable archive of antiques and collectibles of all stripes
  
• Antique Hot Spots - a listing of Internet antique and collectible sites
  
• Antiques-Resource - an interesting site which is chock full of facts, contacts, and ads
  
• AuctionWeb - a sophisticated on-line auction with thousands of nifty items available and a simple to use interface
  
• Collector Online (tm) - devoted entirely to antiques and collectibles, it's an easy-to-use marketplace, offering an Antique Mall, classified ads, collectors clubs, and more.
• International Collectors Network - Collectors Resources Page
  
• Josh's Sanctum - a vast, searchable, Australian archive
  
• Junktique - an Ohio-based company selling antiques by wholesale
  
• Nerd World: Collectibles - an excellent listing of collectibles websites, very thorough
  
• Pegasus Antiques - lots of varied items for sale, plus a terrific, powerful search engine
  
• Swappers & Collectors Pages - everything for collectors: lists, links, newsgroups and much more; this site is run by Italian collectors
  
• Village Antiques - a nice Virginia antiques mart which deals in some license plates
  
• WebAuctioneer - an on-line auction service; haven't seen many license plates on it yet, but that may change
  

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