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Alberta licence plate: Antique

Issued today Documented since 2002. Historic plates for car, van, and truck, issued by Registrar of Motor Vehicle Services, Government of Alberta (plates issued through registry agents). One of 8 Alberta license plates.

Alberta (Canada) license plate, Antique (documented since 2002), sample 268151
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Format, years and the law

Format
999999, for example 268151 (9 any digit)

The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.

Years issued
Documented since 2002; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Historic: vintage/oldtimer regimes (German H, ES historico). Issued for car, van, and truck.
Colours
Characters #1B3F8B Background #FFFFFF
About this plate
AR 320/2002 s. 65(1), verbatim: "The Registrar shall issue a licence plate that has 'antique' on it if the Registrar issues a certificate of registration for an antique motor vehicle." The LEGEND is therefore statutory even though the serial is not. s.

Legal basis and sources

  1. s. 65(1)-(5) https://kings-printer.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2002_320.pdf

This plate in your app

The series id is ca-ab-antique. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Alberta's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ca-ab \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "ca-ab-antique")'
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