Variations and explanations

Netherlands, export plates, since Oct. 1994
with help of Martin van der Valk

 

variations

2nd position
is year

remarks

HRL= 20 Oct 1994		 plate wanted
H=1994
v/d Valk

at leased two plates known of 1994 that start with the date and then the number 

J=1995

the yellow plate:
wrong color, no official stamp

letter Q
v/d Valk
M=1996

 
N=1997  
P=1998

all plates, incl. plastic ones have official stamps


R=1999  

 

the yellow plate: wrongly spaced and wrong color, no official stamp
B=2000 new dies
no border
D=2001 old dies
no border

F=2002 plate wanted
G=2003 new dies
with border
  H=2004  
  J=2005  
  M=2006  
  N=2007  

 

explanations
the export plate consists of 2 times 3 positions (1AB-C12)
position 1=units numeric  
position 2=year alfa  
position 3=month alfa  
position 4=day alfa/numeric  
position 5=hundreds alfa/numeric  
position 6=tens alfa/numeric  
     

2nd position
year

3rd position
month

4th position
day
     
B = 1990 B=Jan. 1=1
D = 1991 D=Feb. 2=2
F = 1992 F=Mar. 3=3
G = 1993 G=Apr. 4=4
H = 1994 H=May 5=5
J = 1995 J=June 6=6
M = 1996 M=July 7=7
N = 1997 N=Aug. 8=8
P = 1998 P=Sept. 9=9
R = 1999 R=Oct. 0=10
B = 2000 T=Nov. B=11 
D = 2001 V=Dec. C=12
F = 2002   D=13
G = 2003   F=14
ect.   G=15
    H=16
    I=17
    J=18
    K=19
    L=20
    M=21
    N=22
    Q=23  ? P and Q not
    P=24  ? in sequence?
    R=25
    S=26
    T=27
    V=28
    W=29
    X=30
    Z=31

5th position
hundreds

6th position
tens 

1st position
units
  r1 r2      
0=0 31 62 0=0   0=0
1=1 32 63 1=1   1=1
2=2 33 64 2=2   2=2
3=3 34 65 3=3   3=3
4=4 35 66 4=4   4=4
5=5 36 67 5=5   5=5
6=6 37 68 6=6   6=6
7=7 38 69 7=7   7=7
8=8 39 70 8=8   8=8
9=9 40 71 9=9   9=9
           
B=10 41 72 B=0 r1  
C=11 42 73 C=1 r1  
D=12 43 74 D=2 r1  
F=13 44 75 F=3 r1  
G=14 45 76 G=4 r1  
H=15 46 77 H=5 r1  
I=16 47 78 I=6 r1  
J=17 48 79 J=7 r1  
K=18 49 80 K=8 r1  
L=19 50 81 L=9 r1  
           
M=20 51 82 M=0 r2  
N=21 52 83 N=1 r2  
Q=22 53 84 Q=2 r2  
P=23 54 85 P=3 r2  
R=24 55 86 R=4 r2  
S=25 56 87 S=5 r2  
T=26 57 88 T=6 r2  
V=27 58 89 V=7 r2  
W=28 59 90 W=8 r2  
X=29 60 91 X=9 r2  
Z=30 61 92      

 

one example

 position

2nd: B=2000
3rd: P=Sept.
4th: 5=5th

if you are still with me: this is the 410th
plate issued on the 5th of Sept. 2000
so plate is valid until 19th of Sept. 2000

 5th: 4=4 hundreds
6th: 1=1 tens
1st: 0=0 ones

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