Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!wales From: wales@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: U.S. State Department license plates? Message-ID: <6278@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 16:24:17 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.6278 Posted: Mon Jul 8 16:24:17 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 10:13:22 EDT References: <6033@ucla-cs.ARPA> Reply-To: wales@ucla-cs.UUCP (Rich Wales) Distribution: net Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 24 A few weeks ago, I asked for information about the red, white, and blue "U.S. State Department" license plates I have recently started to notice here in the Los Angeles area. Several people replied to my article and informed me that these plates are being issued to foreign diplomatic personnel in the United States. They are apparently intended to replace special plates formerly issued by individual states within the U.S. The first letter of these plates is white on a blue background (the other two letters and three digits are black on a white background). Further examination reveals that the first letter is pre-printed on the plate -- not embossed as is the case with the rest of the plate number. Apparently, the first letter on one of these plates has some special meaning. For example, I have seen several plates with "C" as the first letter -- and in the blue field at the top of the plate is the word "CONSUL". I have also seen plates beginning with "S", but these don't have anything written at the top. -- Rich Wales // UCLA Computer Science Department // +1 213-825-5683 3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, California 90024 // USA ARPA: wales@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA -or- wales@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU UUCP: ...!(ihnp4,ucbvax)!ucla-cs!wales