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Repair plates are used for the purpose of road testing
vehicles that a company does not own, or vehicles owned, but not registered. A Repair license is required to use these plates.
Series begins with the RA prefix and the garages number. Additional plates for that garage would recieve the next letter,
ie: RB, RC etc etc. When the numbers reached 999, the plates were not long enough to fit four numbers after the prefix letters.
Thus any repair licenses after RA-999 starter with the "OA" prefix. In 1954 when the plates were reissued on a 12 inch base,
the "OA" plates were then switched to the "RA" prefix and the number made into correct four digit series. So, an "OA-123"
plate was reissued as a "RA-1123" plate. This eliminated the confusing "OA" plates.
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| D.S. Collection |
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Above: 1941 issue Repairer plate. (eBay photo)
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| D.S. Collection |
| 1953 Issue. |
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| DS collection |
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Above: 1955 issue. (JStoveken collection)
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| (DS collection) |
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| D.S. Collection |
| White on Blue, with 60 year insert. |
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| DS collection |
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| D.S. Collection |
| 1963 Repair plate |
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| DS collection |
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| 1967 Repair plate |
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| DS collection |
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| DS collection |
| 1972 Repair plate |
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| DS collection |
| 1973 Issue, Blue on White. |
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| DS collection |
Above: 1974 issue. (DS collection)
| 1975 Repair Plate |
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| DS collection |
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| 1978 issue. White on Blue. |
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| DS collection |
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Above: 1979 issue, Blue on White.
| 1988 Issue, Blue on White. |
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| DS collection. |
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| D.S. Collection |
| Rare Temporary Repair plate. |
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| DS collection |
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Above: 1999 issue, Blue on White.
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| (DS collection) |
Above: 2001 issue, Black on White.
Above: 2003 re-issue. Red on Silver. (DS collection)
| For use till lost plate is replaced |
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| DS collection. |
| Orange on silver |
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| Ebay photo |
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