| Maine: 1980-1987 |
| Updated: Aug. 1, 2003 |
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| Maine 1980 issue. In 1979 the state was on the last if it's available all-numeric series of plates. The state would later switch over to a 5-digit 1 letter format. |
| Maine 1983 issue. Nothing special. Kinda cool number I think. I traded another '83 plate to Dave Nicholson for this one. It's really nice because it is the month and year my Girlfriend was born, making it extra special in my collection. |
| Maine 1980 issue. As I said in 1979 the state ran out of all numeric series. The state rolled to this 5-digit 1-letter format. This marks the first time that a letter has been used since 1947. This series would last from 1980-1990. |
| Maine 1987 issue. Notice that there is no black embossed border around this plate. This is the only debossed plate for the state. These were made through 70000 K series through 89999 M series. According to a fellow collector he noted to me that these plates may have been produced by the state of Vermont, which has a very similar debossing design as this plate does. |
| Maine 1982 issue. Some plates in the "B" series were produced in Massachusetts. A few of the Mass. plates had some errors in them. I will post one soon as I find a nice example. |
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| Maine 1984 issue. Nothing special again here. The sticker style was changed here. This style of stickers would be used through 1988 with a couple minor changes and styles. |
| Maine 1985 issue. The slate slowly progressing through the alphabet. |
| Maine 1986 issue. Here's a 4 digit variety. Earlier issues of plates that had a serial number less that 10000 were centered on the plate. Later series kept the letter at the right side of the plate like this one. |
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| Maine 1987 issue. Here's a rare type. Due to the confusion of the letter "I" looking like a number 1 the state only produced about 1000 plates in this series. This is only the 2nd "I" series plate I have seen. |
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| Maine 1981 issue. I'm unsure if this is another Mass Produced plate but it sure has a heavy paint coat. Anyways, plates with serials less than 10,000 were embossed in this centered format. This wormad would last through the "G" series. All ending suffix letters would be alligned to the right. Makes for easier plate production instead of relocating the dies each new letter series. |
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