Oldtimer gallery. Registration plates.

Soviet registration plates (pre-1982): brief article (in English), detailed history (some pages are only in Russian).
(Soviet registration plates contain Russian letters and I cannot translate it to English)
1934-1937 USSR registration plates (in English with fragments in Russian)
1942-1962 USSR military registration plates (in English with fragments in Russian)

Austrian registration plates (pre-1939)

German registration plates (pre-1945)

The following pages are in Russian only:
Soviet occupation zone of Germany registration plates (1945-1953)

Australian registration plates (pre-1945)

Belgian registration plates (pre-1945)

Canadian registration plates (pre-1945)

Chinese registration plates (pre-1945)

Republica Dominicana registration plates (pre-1945)

Estonian registration plates (pre-1983)

Suomi Finland registration plates (pre-1945)

Latvian registration plates (pre-1981)

Lithuanian registration plates (pre-1982)

New Zealand registration plates (pre-1945)

Philippines registration plates (pre-1945)

Romanian registration plates (pre-1945)

Spanish registration plates (pre-1945)

Tuva registration plates (pre-1982)

UK registration plates (pre-1945)

USA registration plates (pre-1945)

Some samples of other countries pre-1945 plates:

American Samoa - 1942

Argentine - 1941, Province Chaco

British India - 049, Peshãwar, 1929

Bulgaria - Tyrnovo, 1930's, chauffeurs license 1942, chauffeurs license 1942

Chile - 1931, passenger plate, province Zapallar

Croatia - 1941

Cuba (in 1906-1909, 1912, 1917-1922 occupied by USA) - 1937
Guantanamo military base of USA (leased since 1903, isn't connected with the rest Cuba by any road) - 1942

France - 1937, temporary

Guatemala - 1933

Haiti (in 1915-1934 occupied by USA) - 1931

Hungary - civilian 1939-46, photo 1940, military WW2

Iceland - 1937-1988, R = Reykjavik

Iraq - mid-1920's

Italy - 1930's

Japan - Buick Four 1924, Kyoto

Mexico - 1940, 1931, province Nayarit

Mongolia - pre-WW2

The Netherlands - 1906-1951

Newfoundland (till 1949 - British colony, since 1949 - part of Canada) - 1941

Norway - 1913-1971, A = Oslo.

Palestine - 1937-1939, 1934-1939

Panama - 1939, 1934 (Colon)
(Zone of Panama channel - under control of USA (1906-1979), there were own plates)

Philippines (1901-1942, 1945-1946 - occupied by USA, XII 1941-1945 - occupied by Japan) - 1938

General-Gouvernement - 1933-1939

Puerto Rico (USA) - 1934-1935

Slovakei - 1941

Sweden - 1906-1972, Östergötland

Switzerland - 1914-1927? canton Vaux (Waadt), Lausanne

Uruguay - from late 1920's, La - province Colonia, Ac - province Canelones

Vaticano - SCV189, 1944

Venezuela - automobile, Caracas, 1935, taxi, San-Fernando-de-Apure, 1940, motorcycle, Valencia, 1940.

Photos are from:
eBay (USA).
eBay (Australia)..
Country symbols on the vehicles (on 1925 year):
A - Austria, B - Belgium, CH - Switzerland, D - Germany, E - Spain, F - France, GB - Great Britain, GR - Greece, H - Hungary, I - Italy, MC - Monaco, MN - Montenegro, NL - the Netherlands, P - Portugal, R - Russia, RM - Romania, S - Sweden, SB - Serbia, US - USA.
Thanks for help to Rex Schneider (Cottbus, Germany).
What else in the net:
Europlate - Registration Plates of the World (in English).
HA PYCCKOM (WIN-1251)
Entrance Gallery Sale Links

Last updated 13 X 2023. Andrei Bogomolov. Contact Information.