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Some further tips on researching a cars history can be found in this article. The licence plates themselves are not made by the registration office but by independent forprofit stores that are usually located in the same building as the registration office or close by. Index marks of one or two letters were issued to the various licensing authorities in 1903 and most then started to issue registration numbers starting at 1. Some types of private number plate, such as the northern ireland style, allow you to hide the age of a vehicle. Vehicle registration plates are the mandatory alphanumeric plates used to display the.
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