Ministerial Plate  1989 - 1991 

Consular Corps    1983 -

General issue Number Plates were for all vehicles other than motorcycles

Early Victorian Number Plates -  1910 - 1932

Plates were made by owners or made commercially.  Various sizes and styles of plates are found from this period.  While colour should have been White on Black, many plates are found which appear to have displayed numbers in unpainted alloy (silver).

Alloy numbers riveted to cast or pressed metal base

355mm x 117mm                                            431mm x 130mm

355mm x 117mm                                                    358mm x 127mm

Pressed alloy plates
These may be from South Australia but as I got them in Victoria I have included here

365mm x 123mm                                                        392mm x 133mm

        Porcelain Victorian Number Plates -  1932 - 1939
            This style of plate was the first official issue from Victoria       Porcelain plates

412mm x 114mm                                                                412mm x 114mm

             General Issue   1939 - 1953

General issue plates were for passenger vehicles, trucks, taxi and buses.
        Mounting holes are off set and unpainted border was correct.

355mm x 117mm                                                  355mm x 117mm

Rough plates but it's all I have!

        General Issue     1953 - 1977

Standardized sizing of Australian number plates  372mm x 133mm.

1953 (Jan) - 1977 (Nov) Series commenced with GAA ###  and went to LZZ ###.   Initially, the  letters 'I' and 'Q' were not issued.

        1974   'I'  Block plates

The IAA ### block was released in 1974.   There are some variations in manufacture within this block  in relation to the dies used.  See the  'I'  and the dividing diamond.  At this time the letter 'Q' was also permitted for the first time in Victoria.

Note different "I's" and horizontal diamond above. Right - Vertical diamond, which indicates plate was made in Queensland

        General issue   1977 - 1995    Passenger and trucks

          "Victoria Garden State" slogan commenced November 1977

Green on reflective White base.   Variations in paint colour are found.

Due to a shortage of plates at one time some plates were made out of sequence.  Two series were produced RA# and RB#.
A further series was produced out of sequence prior to the 'On The Move' slogan release, these were 'FV' and 'FY'  series, made in Queensland.

Variations in the slogan dies exist, see the spacing and length of hyphen..

1994 - 2000   Series 'NA' - 'QD'

Dies with slanted 'O' in slogan 'NA' - 'NV'                                 Dies with round  'O' in slogan, 'NV' - 'QD'

Issued after a change of government and discontinuation of previous slogan 'On The Move' because of its affiliation to previous government.
General Issue - New Slogan - 'The Place To Be' Issued late 2000, by new 'Labor' government.

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