Licence Plate Page

Note: As a Canadian wishing to preserve our unique variety of the English language, I prefer to use the spelling "licence" for the noun,
but I recognize that most collectors and dealers will use the American-preferred "license", as I do when searching on-line.

Despite the fact that I am certainly getting on in years, I have been actively collecting plates only since the beginning of 2021. I do however, have a long association with the hobby, as my father was a plate collector dating back to the 60's, being ALPCA #303. I was privileged to have met the great BC collector Len Garrison several times as he and my father were friends on Vancouver Island. I inherited some of my dad's plates and admired them passively over the years. Now I am a collector too.
You can contact me via my email: marscan1 AT gmail.com .
I also frequent the Canadian License Plate Collectors group on FB, where I am known as William White, though I really go by Bill.

Plates in the Family A possibly interesting background to my collection originating in the 1950's on Vancouver Island. NEW August 2025: My 1951 Royal Plate, with photos and short historical account.
Plate Runs
Nova Scotia (for year by year depiction of plates, with historical comments, please see my NS era pages linked below.)			Passenger (not including Specialty Plates) Passenger Specialty plus Dealer and Camper Commercial types and Trailer, plus Registered Weight Farm and Industrial Types Restricted Plates NEW Samples, Concepts, Special Event Plates Official 2023 NS Specimen Set See specimens of all 38 types available in 2023. Coming someday: Nova Scotia Small and Supplementary Plates (MC, OHV, Taxi, CFB, Public Utility Board, etc) Categories not actively collected.
British Columbia			Passenger Run 1924 to 1985. This run is nothing special but it is my tribute to my own childhood in BC and to my father's collection that started all of this. If I were a bit younger I would be looking to vastly expand this collection.
Canada			*Canada Old and New* At least one somewhat old and one more modern plate from each of the provinces excludes BC and NS but does include our near neighbour the French territory of St Pierre et Miquelon.
USA & Territories			*USA and Possessions* This is a collection mostly made up of modern era graphic design plates, one from each jurisdiction, plus a smattering of older plates of interest to me. The collection features the 50 states, but I also have plates from all present and recent territories as well.
The World			Miscellaneous World Plates
The following 4 NS pages consolidate ALL types into year by year groups with historical info.
The Early Era up to 1951	The Middle Era 1952 to 1971			The Modern Era from 1972 Passenger & Specialty Passenger Types	The Modern Era from 1972 Non-Passenger Types
My Personal NS Plate Project: 12 plates on my car in 3 years. Have a look!			NS Licence Plate Serial Format Chart This page depicts the letter and number system for all NS plate types

PLATES FOR SALE OR TRADE. A few plates for disposal. No prices shown. Contact me with offers or expressions of interest NOT NECESSARILY UPDATED.
Sold Plates Memory Lane. A few plates, including a couple of very rare ones, that I have sold or traded away.
Some Plates Before and After my Attempts at Cleaning (New in June 2024 and just getting started)
Future Page to show my Wheaties Plates and Key Chain Plate
LINK to Keith Murphy's Registry of Early Canadian Plates Held in Collections and Displays

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