Estonia license plate: Historic A9

Issued today Documented since 2011. Historic plates for car, van, truck, bus, and trailer, issued by Transpordiamet (Estonian Transport Administration). One of 20 Estonia license plates.

Estonia license plate, Historic A9 (documented since 2011), sample P 314

Format, years and the law

Format
L 999, for example P 314 (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
Documented since 2011; 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, truck, bus, and trailer.
Colours
Characters #FFFFFF Background #000000
Size
302 × 113 mm · every country's size
About this plate
Note the plate is 302 x 113, neither the 520 x 113 long blank nor the 302 x 152 square one, a third Estonian size used by this type alone.

Legal basis and sources

  1. § 2(1)7) type A9; § 5(2) retroreflection exemption; § 6(4) W; § 7(4) band not required; § 6(3) as amended 06.06.2022 no longer forbids M on A9 https://www.riigiteataja.ee/akt/128062011017?leiaKehtiv
  2. Lisa 1 row A9: kirja tüüp 4, M/N/O/T/R/LM, 'Must aluspõhi, valged sümbolid', 302x113, näidis 9 https://www.riigiteataja.ee/aktilisa/1030/6202/2012/MKM_m45_lisa1_m49.pdf
  3. näidis 9, 'M 433' https://www.riigiteataja.ee/aktilisa/1030/6202/2012/MKM_m45_lisa3.pdf

This plate in your app

The series id is ee-historic-a9. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Estonia's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ee \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "ee-historic-a9")'