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It does what it says on the tin, registration plate UK mean buying plates in the UK.

For example a UK plate, refers to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The strange thing is, that Northern Ireland is separate from Britain for the simple fact the rules governing Britain plates and Northern Ireland plates are different.

The DVLA and the equivalent DVLNI in Ireland are working together to try and integrate this system into one.

The stupid thing is if you buy a DVLA number plate from Swansea, and a person in Northern Ireland wants it on their car, we have the ridiculous system where it must first be registered on a vehicle in Britain.

I hear you say, only the Irish can think of that, but in actual fact, it is the British who think like this.

Buying your registration plate UK from National Numbers couldn’t be easier. Pick up the phone and talk to one of our pleasant staff and you will be amazed at how quickly you can have the plate on your vehicle.

You will currently be driving a vehicle. All number plates have an intrinsic value so we have invented and developed a computer generated Instant Free Valuation Service. So, if you are curious to know the worth of your number plate, then just try our system out. It takes only a few seconds and you get the answer straight away, no waiting, and no delay. We are the only dealer to have invented this system and we are very proud of it.

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We normally refer to registration plates UK as plates that are issued in the UK. There are plates that are issued outside the UK in different formats. Our format has led to a massive growth in selling and buying of plates as they can lend themselves to look like names.

Such as T1 LLY, or W1 LLY or B1 LLY and all of these have recently gone through auctions in the last 15 years and fetched incredible amounts of money.

Let’s take another example of an original cherished number plate.

EC 1 used to belong to AC Windows and Doors in Romford and they also used to own a lot of other plates. 1 EC was issued to a Diplomat in the East Caribbean Commission, London W8. EC 2 belongs to a Mr. J. Potter in Kirby Stephen and it’s on a 5 horse power 1899 Marshall, Steam engine which is very interesting in itself as the original registration only started in 1903.

Mr Craggs, Chairman of www.nationalnumbers.co.uk has been to see this vehicle and tried to buy it. Mr. Craggs owns EC 5 which was the first plate ever issued from Kendal County Council in 1903.

He would like to buy EC 2, which is owned by the Potter brothers but they will not sell. They have a lovely collection of original vehicles with the original numbers on.

So registration plates UK do carry a lot of history and interest, unlike a lot of other countries.

We pride ourselves in trying to achieve a very well run business. To this end we decided that we would try to achieve an award that is recognised by industry throughout Europe. We prepared to try and gain the quality award BSI 9001 2000. National Numbers managed to do this at its first attempt. The Chairman, Eric Craggs, had previously worked as a manager at ICI for 30 years and had been involved in trying to get businesses within ICI to get this award. We have had the award for six years. For the last two years, BSI has required us to conduct a formal customer survey – we are the only company within the DVLA number plate business to do so.

Please look at our Testimonials to see what they think. You may think that a lot of web sites just make up their feedback, a lot do, but we are actually audited by a British Standard Quality Expert to verify that our customer comments are genuine.

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Registration style reg is a bit of a mouthful to say but it refers to cherished number plates in the UK.

Let’s assume you live in the Gateshead area of the country where whippets and leeks are grown. You can always denote prefix or a suffix plate by something with A C N. Of these three characters, the last two are the important two. So A C N, it is the C N that comes from Newcastle upon Tyne. So, I hear you ask, “Which other ones come from that area?”

Maybe I don’t, but close to Gateshead is a place close to South Shields so that is C U.

You can see there isn’t a great deal of logic to the letters, the new format plates which start for example NU51 and three random numbers is different. The N at the beginning denotes North and NU is allocated to Newcastle area, which is eminently sensible.

Registration style reg can be bought from National Numbers. They provide a first class service and are now the market leaders in the number plate industry and the first dealers to offer 0% finance facility on virtually 30 million plates.

We have also introduced a pay later facility for 2007 system where you can have your plate now and pay nothing until the time period is about to run out.

Looking for your registration style reg, I believe being the Chairman of National Numbers, the only place to buy from is National Numbers.

If this is the first time you have looked into the world of Number Plates then you may wish to look at our Testimonials in order to get a feel of how important we think your custom is to National Numbers and how important customer service is to us.

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We pride ourselves at www.nationalnumbers.co.uk in providing a trouble free introduction to the world of number plates.

You can buy plates from as little as £49 going up to the staggering sum of a quarter of a million.

On all pages of our site we provide a search facility, which is second to none in the business. Here, you can browse for hours looking for your initials, name, dog’s name, or spider’s name, anything you like.

You can even look for the day, the year you were born in, etc.

If you decide to go for what is described as a year letter plate, this is denoted by having a year letter at the end or the beginning of a number plate such as A123 ABC.

The important thing is that you must pick one that will fit the car.

A lot of people, including dealers, have difficulty in understanding that you cannot make your car look younger than it is. So when you pick your registration personalised number plates, you must always pick something that is older or of the same year. For example, if you have an old A-reg: A123 ABC, you could not assign X123 ABC to the vehicle, as this will make the vehicle look younger than it actually is.

For interest, ABC 123A was introduced way back in 1963.

Y-reg such as Y123 ABC took us right up to 1992.

In 1993, the whole system was turned around so it became A123 ABC.

At National Numbers, we pride ourselves in providing you with a first class service in your registration personalised number plate so please give us a ring and we will see to your every need.

If this is the first time you have looked into the world of Number Plates then you may wish to look at our Testimonial in order to get a feel of how important we think your custom is to National Numbers and how important customer service is to us.

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At www.nationalnumbers.co.uk we pride ourselves in giving our customers a vast array of plates to choose from.

National Numbers have registration numberplates to the tune of 30 million. We have plates to suit everyone’s pocket, from the cheap and cheerful £69 plates up to in excess of £100,000. Please look at our search box, where you can type in your name, initials, or anything you like.

National Numbers realise that buying a private number plate is not cheap and therefore we are the only DVLA Number Plate business to offer finance on most of our 30 million cherished plates. A few other companies have tried to copy our approach but usually give up after a few months. This is because it is not simple to offer finance on such a vast quantity of Cherished Number Plates that you can buy securely online; we use the latest encryption possible. It is the same standard used by main banks.

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What kind of Registration number plate are you looking for?

We have designed our registration number plate search facilities over many years to try to give you the freedom to experiment for yourself. So, we cannot stress enough that, when we say enter “anything” in our number plate search boxes – we mean ANYTHING. (No, we probably can’t find the car-keys but we can find you a registration number plate.)

You might try entering your initials first. If this is your first venture into looking for a private or personal registration number plate, perhaps the Make Your Own Plate range is the best place to start. This will bring up any three-letter initials preceded by a year letter and 1, 2 or 3 numbers. The prices for this type of registration number plate start from around £200. You can use this same range to find names like Sue, Jon, Tom or even 3-letter words like “cat” or “dog”. However these registration number plates are more expensive and are very rare now. Our registration number plate search will bring up other suggestions, perhaps from the secondary market where someone has put their registration mark up for sale.

Perhaps you are looking for a funny or even a rude plate – just type a word into the box and see what comes up.

For more information, try Registrations, Number Plates or Registration Numbers.

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Search millions of number plates with ease using our powerful search facility with results displayed in a nice, clear layout.

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Number plates can only be transferred to your vehicle, if it makes your vehicle look older than it currently is, or the same age.

It is not possible to make your vehicle look younger, so for example A1 ABC can only be fitted to a vehicle A Reg or older, i.e. not an old Y plate.

It has recently become more difficult with the introduction of the new format plates and the fact that they change every two years. 51, refers to Sept. 2001. 01 would refer to March 2001; however 01 was never released as the DVLA, Swansea, decided to use the last Y reg suffix plate. So registration number plates UK, refers to a plate in the UK.

However, each country has different formats and what is good for us, is not necessary what would be available in Germany, Holland etc.

Have you found what you are looking for? Do you need a bit of help? Then please look at our other Number Plate Search options. This gives you a chance to think a bit more laterally when deciding what to buy. We are very proud of our record of customer satisfaction. Over our 25 years in business we must have dealt with over 1 million customers. Why not look at a fraction of our Testimonials?

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Registration number plates were introduced at the turn of the century and have developed a long way since that time.

One of the first plates onto the market was A 1, apparently Earl Russell in his Napier, queued outside of the local office back in 1903 and was issued the number plate A 1 free. That plate is currently not on the market, but if it were, you would expect it to fetch more than half a million pounds.

When BF was introduced it was interpreted by some as “bloody fool” and promptly withdrawn.

By 1932, most of the two letter codes had been allocated so the system had to be developed further.

The decision was made to add a third letter making up a 3 letter code such as DBC 123.

Private car production actually ceased during the Second World War, so such less registration numbers were needed. Then, after the war, there was a surge in vehicle ownership with the result that some series of letters and numbers were issued in a reversed format i.e. with numbers first. A computerised system in 1974 was set up to cope with all the registration number plates that were being allocated to vehicles.

Garages were given blocks of registration numbers to allocate to cars that they sold.

A new system later on was introduced called Automatic First Registration and Licensing (AFRL). This allowed garages to use the computer system, linked directly into Swansea (DVLA) system and tax disks were issued directly from the garage. This is currently what happens for brand new vehicles.

You will currently be driving a vehicle. All number plates have an intrinsic value so we have invented and developed a computer generated Instant Free Valuation Service. So, if you are curious to know the worth of your number plate, then just try our system out. It takes only a few seconds and you get the answer straight away, no waiting, and no delay. We are the only dealer to have invented this system and we are very proud of it. However, if you are ready to buy, please try out our number plate search, remembering that we have been successfully matching up clients with their ideal registration number plates for more than 25 years.

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Registrations numbers UK is a term which could be applied to marks issued to vehicles registered in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Marks issued by Coleraine to Northern Ireland vehicles are transferable under current cherished transfer regulations to vehicles registered on the mainland via DVLA, Swansea.

For more information try our articles Private Reg or Irish Number Plates.

If this is your first venture into buying a Registration Numbers UK then we would like to put your mind at ease. The whole ethos behind our business is customer satisfaction and that’s why we have gone to the trouble and expense of becoming registered to BSI Quality Mark. For this reason, we are not allowed to make up our testimonials, as we have to account to British Standards for their authenticity. We are inspected annually by a BSI inspector and you can be assured that we will put the same care into carrying out your transfer as for all our other thousands of satisfied customers over the last quarter of a century.

When we say type “anything” into our search box that is exactly what we mean so, go ahead, enter your name, initials, date, etc; see what comes up – it’s good fun – have a go!

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