Rick Kretschmer's License Plate Archives

Rick's Trade Box

Expired license plates available for trade or sale (non-U.S.)

This page features expired license plates from outside the 50 United States that I'm offering for trade or sale. This includes plates from U.S. terrtories, Canada, and other countries and territories, and also U.S. Forces plates issued to members of the U.S. military while stationed overseas.

New plates were last added on January 28, 2023. This page was last updated on February 26, 2023.

Latest noteworthy updates to this page, other than the addition and removal of plates in my trade box:

July 4, 2020 – Added on-page clickable links for each geographic region.
June 12, 2020 – Elimiated the separate section for U.S. territory plates, and instead included them in the appropriate geographic section.

Introduction

These real, expired license plates are for collecting purposes only, and are not legal for street use on any vehicle, except possibly in some specific cases under state Year of Manufacture laws. I make no claim that any of these license plates qualify for Year of Manufacture use.

Please note that, while I do enjoy trades, trading usually only makes sense to me if you can offer something in trade that's on my want list. Otherwise, there's no point. I would only be trading plates I don't want for different plates I don't want. If you have nothing on my want list, you're welcome to buy what you want instead.

Please note that this is not some fancy e-commerce online store where you can put items in a "shopping cart" and then "check out" and pay, all in one visit. You will need to make a list of the items you want, and then send that list and your zip code or country to me in an e-mail, so that I can verify that the plates you want are still available and give you a final price to pay and payment instructions.

All plates shown are the actual plates you will receive, except possibly in a few cases that are specifically noted otherwise. Click on any thumbnail image below to see a larger photo of that plate.

(There's no significance to the different color prices. It's just a way for me to keep better track of my inventory.)

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Expired license plates available for trade or sale, by jurisdiction

Date	Type	Serial	Grade	Price	Image	Comments
Australia
New South Wales
undated	passenger car	JVE-189	good plus	$12		Issued circa 1951-1980. Oversized plate; 14-5/8" by 5-1/4".
South Australia
Date	Type	Serial	Grade	Price	Image	Comments
undated	passenger car	SFO-418	amateur repaint (2xh, 2nh)	$5		Issued circa 1967-1981. Amateur repaint. No manufactured bolt holes. Two drilled holes along the bottom and two nail holes along the top. Oversized plate; 14-5/8" by 5-1/4".
Western Australia
Date	Type	Serial	Grade	Price	Image	Comments
undated	passenger car	BY10167	good plus (2nh)	$12		Issued circa 1976-1978. BY prefix issued to residents of the town of Bunbury. Two nail holes along the top. Oversized plate; 14-5/8" by 5-1/4".
undated	passenger car	6ZL-201	fair plus (2xh)	$8		Issued circa 1978-1984; version 1 with no slogan. 6xx series issued to residents of metropolitan Perth. Two drilled holes along the top. Oversized plate; 14-5/8" by 5-1/4".
Canada
Manitoba
Date	Type	Serial	Grade	Price	Image	Comments
1977	farm truck	FBK-212	very good plus	$15		New 1/2023! Passenger car plate numbering format, but plate numbers starting with "F" are actually farm truck plates. Possible natural expiration.
Saskatchewan
Date	Type	Serial	Grade	Price	Image	Comments
1975	passenger car	358-014	excellent minus, very good	$22 for pair		Will split pair; $12 for EX- (top) plate, $10 for VG (bottom) plate.
Central America
Belize
Date	Type	Serial	Grade	Price	Image	Comments
undated	passenger car	O/W C15921	good plus	$40		OW = Orange Walk district.
Europe
Germany
Date	Type	Serial	Grade	Price	Image	Comments
11/1993	passenger car	WI-PU281	very good	$10		New 1/2023! WI = Wiesbaden. Two drilled holes. Oversized plate, made of metal, 20-1/2" by 4-3/8".
Ireland
Date	Type	Serial	Grade	Price	Image	Comments
1991 base	passenger car	89 C 1033	very good	$20		Plate is for a 1989 model vehicle from County Corcaigh. Gold stars are much lighter than appear in the photo. Three drilled holes. Oversized plate, made of plastic, 20-7/16" by 4-3/8".
Russia & Soviet Union
Date	Type	Serial	Grade	Price	Image	Comments
1993 base	truck tractor	8238 MO 50	fair	$20		Three drilled holes; torn bolt hole at upper left; torn metal at bottom at right leg of the "M". Oversized plate, 11-1/4" by 8-1/16".