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License Plate Gallery

Oregon Non-Passenger Variations

Here is a look at many of the non-passenger Oregon license plates of the last fifty years. By no means does it list every type thereof; rather, I've limited myself to types with sequential serials that are continuous between different styles of plates, and for which multiple variations exist.

Each type is listed with information on specific layout and die variations and the confirmed serial ranges thereof. Originally many plate types had divergent color schemes; however, colors were more or less standardized at blue on gold following the adoption of reflectorization in 1973. Some non-passenger plate types have been made on optional graphic bases such as the Oregon Trail and Salmon issues; however, the issuance of these has ceased as of 2004. Since the Trail plates used the same serial prefixes as ordinary issues, they are covered here.

Note: License plates with a colon (:) in the serial divider position were issued as remakes of pre-existing numbers, and are not included in the data tables when they fall outside of known sequential ranges.

Information added since February 27, 2011 is highlighted in red.

A, AQ: Old Timer, Historic Vehicle, and Antique Vehicle B: Bus C: Coach or Mobile Home D: Disabled Veteran D, DIS: Disabled Person E: Publicly Owned vehicle F: Farm vehicle H, HC: Motor Home HF: Heavy Fixed Load HP-HU: Heavy Trailer K: Camper

LT: Light Trailer M: Motorcycle PF: Permanent Fleet R: Travel Trailer SC: School Bus SP: Special Interest Vehicle T: Truck TL: Heavy Trailer TW: Tow Truck U: Utility Trailer Y, Z: Apportioned Truck PUC and DOT plates

A, AQ: Old Timer, Historic Vehicle, and Antique Vehicle

In spite of their divergent titles, Old Timer, Historic Vehicle, and Antique Vehicle plates appear to be continuations of each other. The classification is currently reserved for vehicles "older than one-half the number of years between the current year and 1900" that are maintained as collectors' items.

The Old Timer series began with a similar format to passenger plates. The serial format originally contained an "A" prefix that was soon squeezed out by a fourth digit, although I wouldn't be surprised if it was implied in vehicular records after that. The "Pacific Wonderland" slogan seems to have been adopted for Old Timer plates a year or two after first appearing on other types, judging by the fact that tab slots had already disappeared by the time that style arrived.

The caption changed to "Historic Vehicle" in the mid-sixties, coinciding with the discontinuation of plate stickers. Some plates have a dash in the serial; others don't. After that series was depleted, a singly-issued "Antique Vehicle" plate with an "AQ" prefix debuted. I honestly don't know if Old Timer plates remained valid after the Historic Vehicle ones came out, or if either are still in use today.

Collector Steve Grove has a page for Oregon on his Antique Auto License Plates website, which is well worth a look for anyone interested in the topic.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Black/aluminum; OLD/TIMER before serial; OREGON 50 with tab slots and holes at top	Square Irwin-Hodson	A-1 - A-582	582 p
Gold/blue; OLD/TIMER before serial; OREGON 56 with tab slots and holes at top	Tall Irwin-Hodson	A-1 - A-881	881 p	2245 p
Gold/blue; OLD/TIMER before serial; OREGON with tab slots and holes at top	Tall Irwin-Hodson	1-004 - 1-363	360 p
Gold/blue; OLD/TIMER before serial; OREGON with only tab slots at top	Tall Irwin-Hodson	1-469 - 1-564	96 p
Gold/blue; OLD/TIMER before serial; OREGON with no slots at top	Tall Irwin-Hodson	1-674 - 2-062	389 p
Gold/blue; OLD/TIMER before serial; OREGON over PACIFIC WONDERLAND	Short Irwin-Hodson	2-128 - 2-245	118 p
Gold/blue; HISTORIC/VEHICLE before serial; OREGON at bottom	Tall Irwin-Hodson	3-252 - 5-128	1877 p	2568 p
		5215 - 5819	605 p
Blue/gold; HISTORIC/VEHICLE before serial; OREGON at bottom	Tall Irwin-Hodson	6-437 - 8-020	1584 p	3360 p
	Tall Polyvend	8895 - 9194	300 p
	Tall Irwin-Hodson	9539 - 9796	256 p
Blue/gold; ANTIQUE VEHICLE over OREGON	Short Irwin-Hodson	A/Q 00001 - A/Q 01543	1543 s	3443 s
Blue/gold; OREGON over ANTIQUE VEHICLE	Short Waldale	A/Q 02578
		(A/Q 03443 reported)

B: Bus

By Oregon's definition, a bus worthy of receiving these plates is "designed and used for carrying passengers, baggage, and express for compensation." Designs parallel those of farm and truck plates, although bus plates are issued in far fewer number. There should be other variations I haven't yet documented as well.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Green/white; OREGON SEPT. 56 at bottom	Tall Irwin-Hodson	B 3-010
Gold/blue; OREGON DEC. 56 at bottom	Tall Irwin-Hodson	B 5-172
Blue/aluminum; ORE and sticker box over PACIFIC WONDERLAND	Short Irwin-Hodson	B 582 - B 883	302 p
Orange/aluminum; OREGON over sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	B 2-706 - B 3-931	1226 p
Blue/gold; OREGON over sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	B 6-234	5631 p
		B11864

C: Coach or Mobile Home

Coach plates were issued to house trailers until approximately 1971. I assume this was a precursor of the Travel Trailer type; and quite possibly Camper and Motor Home as well.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Gold/blue; ORE and sticker box over PACIFIC WONDERLAND	Short Irwin-Hodson	C 860		55,765 s
		C 6-114 - C56-624	50,511 s
Gold/blue; ORE and sticker box	Tall Irwin-Hodson	C59-873 - C100-685	40,813 s	66,471 s
		C108243 - C126343	18,101 s
Gold/blue; ORE and sticker box over MOBILE HOME	Short Irwin-Hodson	C134536

D: Disabled Veteran

Some of these plates have a wheelchair symbol under the "D;" others (with newer, higher serials) don't. According to the Oregon License Plate Manual, these plates "do not allow special parking privileges:" I guess they changed their mind somewhere along the way.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Blue/gold; PERMANENT over OREGON; VETERAN at right; wheelchair under prefix	Tall Irwin-Hodson	D 00001 - D 05631	5631 p	17,945 p
Blue/gold; PERMANENT over OREGON; VETERAN at right; no wheelchair	Tall Irwin-Hodson	D 06079 - D 07887	1809 p
Blue/gold; OREGON over PERMANENT; VETERAN at right; no wheelchair	Tall Waldale	D 10570 - D 11365	796 p
	Tall Irwin-Hodson	D 13860 - D 17945	4086 p
"Live tree" graphic; PERMANENT at bottom; VETERAN at right	Tall Irwin-Hodson	D/2 49 27 - D/3 36 76		8750 p

D, DIS: Disabled Person

Disabled and handicapped-related plates certainly present some of the most perplexing mysteries in non-passenger Oregon platedom. Most of these plates tend to be gold on blue and are stamped with the month of expiration. There would seem to be evidence that different serial blocks were reserved for different months: Numbers invariably get higher as you go from January to December; oblivious to base color.

The mysteries only begin there, however. Why do lots of "Disabled Person" plates look unissued, and why do sticker stacks often end in 1976: What, if anything, replaced them then? Evidence of later handicapped issues is limited to some plates with a "D" and wheelchair preceding the number (all of which seem to have numbers in a narrow and somewhat arbitrary range) and a handful of plates in the non-passenger style with "DIS" before the number; drawn from serial blocks that seem to be all over the place. Who knows?

Type 1: Gold/blue; DISABLED/PERSON before serial; month, OREGON, and sticker box at bottom; Tall Irwin-Hodson dies

Type 2: Blue/gold; DIS before serial; month, OREGON, and sticker box at bottom; Tall Irwin-Hodson dies

Type 3: Blue/gold; DIS before serial; OREGON over wide sticker box; Short Irwin-Hodson dies

Series	Type 1	Type 2	Type 3	Number block theory
JAN.	30 - 47	159	393	1 - 833?
FEB.	901 - 907		1178	834 - 1666?
MAR.	1800 - 1835			1667 - 2499?
APR.				2500 - 3332?
MAY	3574 - 3577	3639		3333 - 4165?
JUN.	4474 - 4524	4550 - 4601		4166 - 4998?
JUL.				4999 - 5831?
AUG.		6377		5832 - 6664?
SEP.	7139			6665 - 7497?
OCT.				7498 - 8330?
NOV.	8975			8331 - 9163?
DEC.			9432	9164 - 9999?
	quantity
	118 p	55 p	3 p

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Blue/gold; OREGON at top; wheelchair under prefix	Tall Irwin-Hodson	D 015121		1424 p
	Tall Polyvend	D 016142 - D 016290	149 p
	Tall Irwin-Hodson	D 016544

E: Publicly Owned vehicle

The all-purpose government-vehicle plate wasn't always thus: In the '50s the state went overboard with specially-captioned plates for all sorts of entities: Counties, Schools, "Irrigation Districts," and so on with little serial blocks dedicated to each. The captions were standardized under a "Publicly Owned" umbrella in the Pacific Wonderland era, and the series has been steadily chugging along since then. Some plates of the '80s employ Polyvend's straighter-lined dies; whether this variation proves to be scattered or not remains to be seen. Motorcycles are issued numbers in the 900000 series.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Black/aluminum; OREGON-PUBLICLY/OWNED	Square Irwin-Hodson	E 9		28,777 p
Black/aluminum; OREGON-IRRIG. DIST./OWNED	Square Irwin-Hodson	E 1-122
Black/aluminum; OREGON-SCHOOL DIST./OWNED	Square Irwin-Hodson	E 3-031 - E 4-748	1718 p
Black/aluminum; OREGON-CITY/OWNED	Square Irwin-Hodson	E 8-384 - E10-305	1922 p
Black/aluminum; OREGON-COUNTY/OWNED	Square Irwin-Hodson	E14:584 - E15-272	689 p
Black/aluminum; OREGON-STATE/OWNED	Square Irwin-Hodson	E26-657 - E28-785	2129 p
Gold/blue; OREGON-PUBLICLY/OWNED	Tall Irwin-Hodson	E37-865 - E38-238	374 p	83,599 p
Gold/blue; OREGON-IRRIG. DIST./OWNED	Tall Irwin-Hodson	E40-007
Gold/blue; PUBLICLY OWNED over OREGON (Backfilled serial block?)	Tall Irwin-Hodson	E41-515 - E47-521	6007 p
Gold/blue; OREGON-SCHOOL DIST./OWNED	Tall Irwin-Hodson	E50-780 - E50-798	19 p
Gold/blue; OREGON-COUNTY/OWNED	Tall Irwin-Hodson	E71-914
Gold/blue; OREGON-STATE/OWNED	Tall Irwin-Hodson	E80-607
Gold/blue; OREGON-PUBLICLY/OWNED over PACIFIC WONDERLAND	Short Irwin-Hodson	E90-106 - E94-411	4306 p
Gold/blue; PUBLICLY OWNED over OREGON	Tall Irwin-Hodson	E95-654 - E111-051	15,398 p
		E112410 - E121463	9054 p
Blue/gold; PUBLICLY OWNED over OREGON	Tall Irwin-Hodson	E123776 - E148344	24,569 p	114,186 p
	Tall Polyvend	E151858
	Tall Irwin-Hodson	E154997 - E224297	69,301 p
Blue/gold; OREGON over PUBLICLY OWNED	Short Waldale	E230335
	Tall Irwin-Hodson	E237961
Motorcycle size; OREGON over EXEMPT	Squared Irwin-Hodson	E/9 00052 - E/9 00967	916 s

F: Farm vehicle

The stickered green-on-white series came about in 1959 following a series of quarterly issues. The numbering reset in late 1961 (when the blue/aluminum base came out) and late 1965 (when the orange/aluminum base debuted), and has been continuous since then. The changes affecting farm plates are analogous to the changes on truck plates.

A recent "spotting" is a recently-manufactured plate using new and substantially different dies for both the state name and serial. The dies in question are similar to those Irwin-Hodson has used on Newfoundland & Labrador license plates, and may set the trend for other types as well.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Black/aluminum; OREGON and tab slots at top	Square Irwin-Hodson	F 41 - F37-382		37,342 p
		F 2-394 - F30-260 (scattered)

Layout & dies	Quarterly issues
OREGON [mo yr] at top Square Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR 53		JUNE 53		SEPT 53		DEC 53	F41-465 - F66-621
								25,157 p
OREGON [mo yr] at top Square Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR 54		JUNE 54		SEPT 54		DEC 54	F42-967 - F66-877
								23,911 p
OREGON [mo yr] at top Tall Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR. 55		JUNE 55		SEPT. 55	F30-426 - F31-188	DEC. 55	F40-522 - F68-538
						763 p		28,017 p
OREGON [mo yr] at bottom Tall Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR. 56	F10-092 - F10-478	JUNE 56	F20-291 - F21-608	SEPT. 56	F30-186 - F30-732	DEC. 56	F41-853 - F68-860
		387 p		1318 p		547 p		27,008 p
OREGON [mo yr] at bottom Tall Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR. 57	F10-189	JUNE 57	F20-424	SEPT. 57	F30-583	DEC. 57	F40-028 - F63-331
								23,304 p
OREGON [mo yr] at top Tall Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR. 58		JUNE 58	F22-404	SEPT. 58	F30-519	DEC. 58	F44-455 - F66-726
								22,272 p

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Green/white; ORE and sticker box	Tall Irwin-Hodson	F10-135 - F42-994	32,860 p
Blue/aluminum; ORE and sticker box over PACIFIC WONDERLAND	Short Irwin-Hodson	F11-935 - F40-617	28,683 p	36,096 p
Blue/aluminum; ORE and sticker box	Tall Irwin-Hodson	F42-471 - F48-030	5560 p
Orange/aluminum; OREGON over sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	F10-543 - F64-708	54,166 p
Blue/gold; OREGON over sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	F71-722 - F94-348	22,627 p	86,295 p
	Short Polyvend	F 99999 - F100895	897 p
	Short Irwin-Hodson	F108nnn
	Short Polyvend	F110917
	Short Irwin-Hodson	F142345 - F147980	5636 p
	Short Waldale?	F149634
	New Irwin-Hodson	F151202 (serifed "1")	6815 p
		F157071 - F158016

H, HC: Motor Home

This type of plate has been a bit convoluted in terms of serial progressions and the like. The earliest numbers seem to be in the 900000s; however, the various numbering series have changed more than the plate since then, with the 900000 block followed by 100000-block plates; followed in turn by "HC" prefixed plates with five digits. These "HC" plates seem to actually work back sequentially from 99999; with lower numbers doled out to issues stamped on optional Oregon Trail bases in the mid '90s. These plates have been issued separate month and year stickers since the 1980s, although the single heavy vehicle-style sticker box was maintained well after that.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Blue/yellow; ORE and sticker box over MOTOR HOME	Short Irwin-Hodson	H900225 - H912748	12,524 p
Blue/gold; ORE and sticker box over MOTOR HOME	Short Irwin-Hodson	H914310 - H940881	26,572 p	112,763 p
	Short Polyvend	H948608 - H951311	2704 p
Blue/gold; OREGON over sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	H953286 - H971115	17,830 p
	Short Polyvend	H974121 - H976952	2832 p
	Short Irwin-Hodson	H983379 - H996484	13,016 p
		H102975 - H133562	30,588 p
Oregon Trail graphic	Short Irwin-Hodson	H800039 - H809565	9527 p	21,132 p
	Short Irwin-Hodson	H/C 06019 - H/C 17623	11,605 p
		(H/C 31616 reported)		64,424 p
Blue/gold; OREGON at top	Tall Irwin-Hodson	H/C 44069
	Tall Waldale	H/C 57988
Blue/gold; OREGON over sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	H/C 59458 - H/C 96039	36,582 p

HF: Heavy Fixed Load

Definitely one of the stranger plate types around. Tar kettles, backhoes, and road graders over 3000 pounds fall into this category. Most of the "HF" plates I've seen thus far are dated "Dec. 73" (Were they even revalidated after that?), but surprisingly this is still listed as a current plate type in the Oregon License Plate Manual.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Gold/blue; OREGON over DEC, sticker box, and 73	Short Irwin-Hodson	H/F 00508 - H/F 03799	3292 s
Blue/gold; OREGON over DEC and sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	H/F 06311 - H/F 08165	1853 s

HP-HU, TL: Heavy Trailer

Customarily issued to heavy trailers and semi-trailers in excess of 8000 pounds; these plates have had a very interesting trajectory over the years. 1950s plates consisted of quarterly or annual issues similar to Farm and Truck in execution. When farm and truck plates switched to multi-year bases with stickers in 1959, heavy trailer plates split into two series: Annual dated plates for yearly validations, and stickered plates for quarterlies. This seems to have continued even into the earliest years of the 1966 orange/aluminum base, which started from a numeric block high enough not to conflict with annual issues. Unfortunately plates of this type and era seem relatively hard to come by, making their documentation difficult.

The designated prefix changed to "HT" when "TL" was depleted in the early 1970s. Later still "Permanent Registration" decals were issued to existing registrations, and new plates began being made in the "HP" series ("H"eavy "P"ermanent?) with no stickers whatsoever. The series has continued from there, with a number of different prefix letters being used over the years.

Layout & dies	Quarterly issues
OREGON [mo yr] at top Tall Irwin-Hodson dies							DEC. 56	T/L 1-562
OREGON [mo yr] at bottom Tall Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR. 56	T/L5-3397 - T/L5-3970	JUNE 56	T/L6-1383	SEPT. 56	T/L7-4174
		574 s
OREGON [mo yr] at top Tall Irwin-Hodson dies							DEC. 57	T/L1-5625
OREGON [mo yr] at bottom Tall Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR. 57		JUNE 57		SEPT. 57			T/L8-7913
OREGON [mo yr] at top Tall Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR. 58		JUNE 58		SEPT. 58		DEC. 58	T/L8- 707

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Annual Issues
(1959 issue expected)
Gold/blue; OREGON DEC. 60 at top	Tall Irwin-Hodson	T/L 4-805
Gold/blue; OREGON DEC. 61 over PACIFIC WONDERLAND	Short Irwin-Hodson	T/L 6:278
Red/aluminum; OREGON DEC. 62 over PACIFIC WONDERLAND	Short Irwin-Hodson	T/L 4-920
Blue/aluminum; OREGON DEC. 63 over PACIFIC WONDERLAND	Short Irwin-Hodson	T/L 1-948 - T/L10-082	8135 s
Green/aluminum; DEC. OREGON 64 at bottom	Tall Irwin-Hodson	T/L 1-865 - T/L 8-348	6484 s
Orange/aluminum; DEC. OREGON 65 at bottom	Tall Irwin-Hodson	T/L 4-000 - T/L 9-584	5585 s
Green/aluminum; DEC. OREGON 66 at bottom	Tall Irwin-Hodson	T/L 7-749
Black/aluminum; DEC. OREGON 67 at bottom	Tall Irwin-Hodson	T/L 8 - T/L 8-682	8675 s
Quarterly Issues
Green/white; ORE and sticker box	Tall Irwin-Hodson	T/L66-611
Blue/aluminum; ORE and sticker box over PACIFIC WONDERLAND	Short Irwin-Hodson	T/L51-250
Orange/aluminum; OREGON over sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	T/L 59-348 - T/L 97-642	38,295 s	43,380 s
		H/T 00-516 - H/T 05-600	5085 s
Blue/gold; OREGON over sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	H/T 24-391 - H/T 27-032	2642 s	32,304 s
	Short Polyvend	H/T 42951
	Short Irwin-Hodson	H/T 45773
		H/T 53 716 - H/T 56 694	2979 s
Blue/gold; OREGON over PERMANENT	Short Irwin-Hodson	H/P 00001 - H/P 99999	99,999 s	455,188 s
		H/Q 00001 - H/Q 99999	99,999 s
		H/R 00001 - H/R 99999	99,999 s
		H/S 00001 - H/S 70398	70,398 s
	Tall Irwin-Hodson	H/U 27929
		(H/U 55192 reported)

K: Camper

Camper plates are issued to "structure[s] with a floor designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle but not permanently attached" and "providing facilities for human habitation or camping:" Make of that what you will. These plates were originally issued in a unique black-and-white design, although things have predictably gone blue and gold in the decades since then.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
White/black; ORE and sticker box over CAMPER	Short Irwin-Hodson	K702512 - K756543	54,032 s
Blue/gold; ORE and sticker box over CAMPER	Short Irwin-Hodson	K761102 - K788165	27,064 s	53,313 s
Blue/gold; sticker box over OREGON	Short Irwin-Hodson	K794914 - K801125	6212 s
		(K814414 reported)

LT: Light Trailer

Uh-oh, not yet another type of trailer plate! These plates used a unique black-on-aluminum color scheme in their original multi-year incarnation, and featured a number of different serial-spacing conventions. What became of them after that I'm less sure about...I'd expect that "LT" was folded into the Utility Trailer classification over the years.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Black/aluminum; DEC. OREGON and sticker box at bottom	Tall Irwin-Hodson	L/T 918		58,174 s
		L/T 1-480 - L/T 34-335	32,856 s
		L/T 3-7749 - L/T 5-1114	13,366 s
		L/T 54-348 - L/T 59-091	4744 s
Blue/gold; DEC. OREGON and sticker box at bottom; large state name	Tall Irwin-Hodson	L/T 6-6022		15,096 s
Blue/gold; DEC. OREGON and sticker box at bottom; small state name	Tall Irwin-Hodson	L/T 7-2636
Blue/gold; DEC. OREGON and sticker box at bottom; large state name	Tall Irwin-Hodson	L/T 81-117

M: Motorcycle

The first postwar multi-year Oregon motorcycle plates were issued in 1966, and renewed the year thereafter with a sticker. Some late registrations received high-numbered plates dated "67." Although there appears to be every indication that these plates ceased being valid after that, I have seen examples of 66 and 67 plates bearing other validations...sometimes inexplicable.

The current series of Oregon motorcycle plates, in any case, dates back to 1968. Early plates (up to 85000, if what the Oregon License Plate Manual says is any indication) had straight numeric serials, although an "M" prefix was implied in vehicular records. Narrower, squarer dies came into use in the early '70s that allowed easily for five digits plus the "M." The "M" and first digit began to be stacked from the 200000 series on.

Originally the plates were validated with unique, small stickers. These were replaced by gigantic heavy vehicle-style stickers when staggered registration commenced in the late '70s (which did a number on the plates, covering up their sticker box in the process), and eventually separate month and year stickers.

A rare variation from the early '70s with a white/blue color scheme, squared dies, and "M" prefix allegedly exists. Early plates in the stacked M/2 series have a wider "2" die than later examples. Finally, some plates in the '80s were made by the Polyvend Corporation in Arkansas, and feature much more rounded serial dies.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range (earliest expiration seen)	quantity
Green/aluminum; OREGON 66 at bottom	Rounded Irwin-Hodson	2505 - 44109		41,605 s
Green/aluminum; OREGON 67 at bottom; boltholes	Rounded Irwin-Hodson	45532 - 46679	1148 s	1857 s
Green/aluminum; OREGON 67 at bottom; boltslots	Rounded Irwin-Hodson	46797
Green/aluminum; OREGON 67 at bottom; boltholes	Rounded Irwin-Hodson	47158 - 47388	231 s
White/blue; OREGON over sticker box	Rounded Irwin-Hodson	980 - 77659 (85000 expected)	76,680 s	185,761 s
Gold/blue; OREGON over sticker box	Squared Irwin-Hodson	M 86380 - M186740 (71)	100,361 s
Blue/gold; OREGON over sticker box	Squared Irwin-Hodson	M189156 - M199828 (75)	10,673 s	471,148 s
		M/2 01448 - M/2 09101 (wide 2; 76)	7654 s
		M/2 13814 - M/2 50987 (78)	37,174 s
Blue/gold; OREGON at top; no sticker box	Squared Irwin-Hodson	M/2 55779 - M/3 13414 (8/79)	57,354 s
	Polyvend	M/3 16552 - M/3 30997 (82)	14,446 s
	Squared Irwin-Hodson	M/3 41330 - M/3 54425 (7/84)	13,096 s
	Polyvend	M/3 63743 - M/3 67933 (6/86)	4191 s
	Squared Irwin-Hodson	M/3 71211 - M/3 96584 (7/86)	25,374 s
	Polyvend	M/3 99312 - M/4 09569 (7/87)	10,258 s
	Squared Irwin-Hodson	M/4 12089 - M/5 47726 (8/89)	135,638 s
	Waldale	M/5 50759 (9/07)
	Squared Irwin-Hodson	M/5 68462 - M/6 49818 (4/09)	81,357 s
		(M/6 60303 reported)

PF: Permanent Fleet

What is this? Without being in Oregon it's hard to tell, but the License Plate Manual reassures that these are issued to "owner[s] of a fleet of vehicles registered as a fleet rather than individually." Supposedly, UPS trucks are among the vehicles that wear these plates.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Blue/gold; PERMANENT FLEET over OREGON	Tall Irwin-Hodson	P/F 07024		24,291 p
		P/F 22 237 - P/F 22 670	434 p
		P/F 23714 - P/F 26812	3099 p
Blue/gold; OREGON over PERMANENT FLEET	Short Waldale	P/F 27821
		(P/F 31314 reported)

R: Travel Trailer

Another class of plate that originally had a unique (pistachio!) color scheme; "travel trailer" plates are issued to trailers that "provide facilities for human habitation"...a mobile home, if you will. Separate month and year stickers replaced the combined heavy vehicle-type stickers in the 1980s. High serial blocks were reserved for issues on the Oregon Trail graphic base.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
White/green; ORE and sticker box over TRAVEL TRAILER	Short Irwin-Hodson	R400300 - R496186	95,887 s
Blue/gold; ORE and sticker box over TRAVEL TRAILER	Short Irwin-Hodson	R499555 - R563863	64,309 s	320,730 s
	Short Polyvend	R570888
Blue/gold; sticker box over OREGON	Short Irwin-Hodson	R578166
	Short Polyvend	R582927 - R584439	1513 s
	Short Irwin-Hodson	R589836 - R595061	5226 s
	Short Polyvend	R611282 - R614177	2896 s
	Short Irwin-Hodson	R618471 - R748249	129,779 s
Blue/gold; OREGON at top	Tall Waldale	R762983
	Tall Irwin-Hodson	R765270 - R820284	55,015 s
		(R997139 reported)		1892 s
Oregon Trail graphic	Short Irwin-Hodson	R999030

SC: School Bus

School bus plates have been made by different vendors in at least three distinct styles.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Blue/gold; SCHOOL BUS over OREGON; PERM at right	Short Polyvend	S/C 02051 - S/C 02378	328 p	1500 p
	Tall Irwin-Hodson	S/C 03550
Blue/gold; OREGON over SCHOOL BUS; PERM at right	Tall Waldale	S/C 06560

SP: Special Interest Vehicle

This is a slightly unusual class of vehicle: Special Interest plates are issued to vehicles 25 years old or more that are maintained as a collector's item and, presumably, are not eligible for Antique Vehicle tags. The first two die variations are very similar and differ only in details: The Polyvend-made plate has straight Os and Gs in the state name and has the state name and serial stamped very close together; the Irwin-Hodson version, meanwhile, has oval Os and Gs, a slightly higher-stamped serial, a more shapely "S" in the prefix, and generally better-quality stamping.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Blue/gold; OREGON at bottom	Short Irwin-Hodson	S/P 00016 - S/P 01695	1680 s	19,946 s
	Short Polyvend	S/P 01062 - S/P 01364	303 s
	Short Irwin-Hodson	S/P 01695 - S/P 07792	6098 s
Blue/gold; OREGON at top	Tall Irwin-Hodson	S/P 11412 - S/P 13170	1759 s
		(S/P 19961 reported)
Motorcycle size; OREGON at top	Waldale	S/P 99202

T: Truck

"T" prefix plates like these are issued to trucks in excess of 10,000 pounds; lighter trucks, presumably, get the same spiffy tree plates as ordinary cars. Like farm vehicles, trucks have been issued a number of different plate styles over the years. The numbering seems to have been continuous since the "Pacific Wonderland" series debuted in 1961.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Black/aluminum; OREGON and tab slots at top	Square Irwin-Hodson	T 2-178 - T55-627	53,450 p
Colon-divider (:) remakes seen with non-underlined "T," but not sequential numbers.

Layout & dies	Quarterly issues
OREGON [mo yr] at top Square Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR 53	T 1 - T11-840	JUNE 53	T13-837 - T25-275	SEPT 53	T29-278 - T37-157	DEC 53	T45-768 - T88-570
		11,840 p		11,439 p		7880 p		42,803 p
OREGON [mo yr] at top Square Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR 54	T 1 - T11-924	JUNE 54	T34-020 - T45-905	SEPT 54	T78-606 - T89-546	DEC 54	T102428 - T147810
		11,924 p		3047 p		10,941 p		45,383 p
OREGON [mo yr] at top Tall Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR. 55	T-1 - T11-980	JUNE 55	T37-576 - T46-204	SEPT. 55	T80-948 - T90-043	DEC. 55	T116181 - T137153
		11,980 p		8629 p		9096 p		12,258 p
OREGON [mo yr] at bottom Tall Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR. 56	T-1 - T-6340	JUNE 56	T30-177 - T39-352	SEPT. 56	T77-776 - T85-911	DEC. 56	T106492 - T139703
		6340 p		9176 p		8136 p		33,212 p
OREGON [mo yr] at bottom Tall Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR. 57	T 1 - T 6-682	JUNE 57	T 26413 - T 35301	SEPT. 57	T77-527 - T84-843	DEC. 57	T101483 - T136445
		6682 p		8889 p		7317 p		34,963 p
OREGON [mo yr] at top Tall Irwin-Hodson dies	MAR. 58	T 1 - T 63	JUNE 58	T32-004 - T35-393	SEPT. 58	T80-481 - T81-251	DEC. 58	T101518 - T133808
		63 p		3390 p		771 p		32,291 p

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range (earliest expiration seen)	quantity
Green/white; ORE and sticker box	Tall Irwin-Hodson	T100057 - T154881 (3/59)	54,825 p
Blue/aluminum; ORE and sticker box over PACIFIC WONDERLAND	Short Irwin-Hodson	T101120 - T143502	42,383 p	62,616 p
Blue/aluminum; ORE and sticker box (Possibly remakes)	Tall Irwin-Hodson	T146879 - T147461	583 p
Blue/aluminum; ORE and sticker box over PACIFIC WONDERLAND	Short Irwin-Hodson	T150814 (12/64)
Blue/aluminum; ORE and sticker box	Tall Irwin-Hodson	T151117 - T163735 (12/64)	12,619 p
Orange/aluminum; OREGON over sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	T200956 - T346115 (6/66)	145,160 p
Blue/gold; OREGON over sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	T346816 - T417002 (6/74)	70,187 p	250,517 p
	Short Polyvend	T418249 - T419339 (12/82)	1091 p
	Short Irwin-Hodson	T431405 (12/84)
	Short Polyvend	T439182 - T441533 (12/84)	2352 p
	Short Irwin-Hodson	T451300 - T460452 (6/86)	9153 p
	Short Polyvend	T460849 - T463989 (6/88)	3141 p
	Short Irwin-Hodson	T468233 - T550039 (9/89)	81,807 p
	New Irwin-Hodson	T559057 - T569875 (6/06)	10,819 p
		(T597332 reported)

TW: Tow Truck

This plate type evidently originated in the 1980s. "Wrecker" plates with non-sequential serials somewhat similar in format to dealer plates were utilized until then.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Blue/gold; OREGON over sticker box	Short Irwin-Hodson	T/W 10984 - T/W 16864	5881 p	7855 s
Blue/gold; OREGON at top	Tall Waldale	T/W 18838

U: Utility Trailer

These "regular" trailer plates are issued to light boat or utility trailers; probably starting in the late 1970s or whenever the Light Trailer series was discontinued. Separate month and year stickers began being used in the 1980s, and the descriptive caption was removed shortly thereafter. This class is noteworthy for being one of the only non-passenger types of plate routinely made on the graphic tree bases used for passenger plates.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Blue/gold; ORE and sticker box over TRAILER	Short Irwin-Hodson	U012864 - U031476	18,613 s	72,453 s
	Short Polyvend	U038791 - U040212	1422 s
Blue/gold; sticker box over OREGON	Short Irwin-Hodson	U043568 - U064437	20,870 s
	Short Polyvend	U076303
	Short Irwin-Hodson	U085316
"Dead tree" graphic	Short Irwin-Hodson	U112254 - U117426	5173 s
"Live tree" graphic	Short Irwin-Hodson	U145522 - U234238	88,717 s	295,695 s
	Tall Waldale	U423399
		(U441216 reported)

Y, Z: Apportioned

Oregon joined the International Registration Plan, a road tax fee-handling agreement for interstate vehicles, in 1975. Apportioned plates began to be issued immediately thereafter. "Y" prefixed plates are issued to trucks; "Z" plates went to trailers. These plates use the same small dies used on Oregon's infamous PUC plates; Polyvend-made plates are easily identifiable in part to the use of a closed "4." These plates generally use leading zeroes; however, some strangely don't.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range	quantity
Blue/gold; OREGON over APPORTIONED and sticker box	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	Y 001236 - Y 113567	112,332 s
	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	Z 004671 - Z 047201	42,531 s	101,621 s
		Z 72429 - Z 72468	40 s
	Extra-small Polyvend	Z081854 - Z088576	6723 s
	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	Z 094156 - Z 106291	12,136 s

PUC and DOT plates

Oregon's permit plate (or "tax plate") for heavy trucks. Although permit plates for heavy trucks were once a fixture on big rigs across the country, the advent of apportioned registrations and the eventual standardization of road tax procedures ultimately led to their disappearance. The red "ORE PUC" plate (which had been placed under the administration of the DOT by this point) met its final end in 2002; though similar Y-prefixed plates remain in use for Oregon carriers.

Variation	Dies	Confirmed serial range (earliest expiration seen)	quantity
			Letters not seen: OQZ Assuming OQ skipped.
Short; blue/white; ORE 78-79 PUC; wide date	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	AA2436 - AL9978	117,532 s	216,120 s
Short; blue/white; ORE 78-79 PUC; narrow date	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	AN2060 - AX8576	86,509 s
Short; red/yellow; ORE 80-81 PUC	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	GB 7162 - GY 7306	210,124 s
Short; gold/blue; ORE 82-83 PUC	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	JB 6527 - JY 6366	209,819 s
Short; white/red; ORE 84-85 PUC	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	KF 5786 - LD 0050	214,243 s
			Letters not seen: FPU Assuming none skipped.
Yellow/green; separate sticker box flanked by ORE PUC	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	ABJ 636 - ACY 487	40,811 s	600,241 s
Yellow/green; border-touching sticker box flanked by ORE PUC	Medium Polyvend	AHA 380 - AHA 963	584 s
Yellow/green; separate sticker box flanked by ORE PUC	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	BAL 612 - BBC 600	15,720 s
		CAA 067 - CAK 922	10,846 s
		DAM 527 - DRT 564	448,589 s
Yellow/green; border-touching sticker box flanked by ORE PUC	Medium Polyvend	DSW 691 - DWR 412 (88-89)	98,623 s
Yellow/green; separate sticker box flanked by ORE PUC	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	DWX 928 (88-89)
			Letters not seen: O Assuming O skipped.
White/red; separate sticker box flanked by ORE PUC	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	MBD 794 - MZZ 207	595,539 s	1,619,759 s
White/red; border-touching sticker box flanked by ORE PUC	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	NBB 122 - NRP 572 (93)	388,063 s
White/red; border-touching sticker box flanked by ORE DOT	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	NRV 997 - NZZ 549 (97)	203,349 s
		PAM 918 - PSA 174 (98)	411,844 s
White/red; sticker box flanked by ORE PUC, over APPORTIONED	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	Y ABI 159 - Y ABZ 252 (93)	16,078 s	104,058 s
White/red; sticker box flanked by ORE DOT, over APPORTIONED	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	Y ACU 042 - Y ADG 508 (97)	68,211 s
		YADN511 (00)
		Y ADP 461 - Y AFM 320 (00)
White/red; sticker box flanked by ORE PUC, over APPORTIONED	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	Y APG 202 - Y APL 464 (94)	5258 p	18,627 p
White/red; sticker box flanked by ORE DOT, over APPORTIONED	Small Waldale	YAPZ034 - YAPZ846 (05)	813 p
White/red; sticker box flanked by ORE PUC, over COMMERCIAL	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	Y CBE 912 - Y CBS 336 (93)	12,412 s	28,870 s
White/red; sticker box flanked by ORE DOT, over COMMERCIAL	Small Waldale	YCCI810 (06)
White/red; sticker box flanked by ORE PUC, over COMMERCIAL	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	Y CPB 235 - Y CPX 352 (93)	21,097 p	66,294 p
White/red; sticker box flanked by ORE DOT, over COMMERCIAL	Extra-small Irwin-Hodson	Y CRS 594 (03)