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. For more of the history click below on the Plates in the Family link.
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.

MY WANT LIST
These are the plates I am looking to acquire more than others.
The list may not be 100% up to date due to pending acquisitions.
In addition to those listed I am interested in plates from the West Indies/Caribbean

Plates in the Family. Our plates and my father's collection. My father Jimmie White was member #303 in ALPCA. He joined in the early 1960's or perhaps a bit earlier. His very low number reflects the fact that ALPCA began in 1954, and that the hobby was much less connected than it is in today's electronic world. Practically all of his communications with other collectors was by snail mail!
My British Columbia Run 1936 to present. 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.
My Nova Scotia Collection Note that the three era pages are being re-aligned in June 2024 and temporarily there will be redundancy as I move items around to suit my new alignment
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
NS Registered Weight Plates, 1934 to 1959
NS Samples, Special Event & Concept Plates		Official 2023 NS Specimen Set. See specimens of all 38 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
Canada Old and New A minor collection 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 and Possessions A minor collection 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. I have not included plates used by US forces stationed in foreign countries, other than one rare exception that you can discover for yourself.
Other Plates Plates in the collection that do not fit into the pages above
PLATES FOR SALE OR TRADE. A few plates for disposal. No prices shown. Contact me with offers or expressions of interest
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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