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Netherlands license plate: Historic dark blue

Issued today 1978 to today. Historic plates for car, van, and motorcycle, issued by RDW (Dienst Wegverkeer). One of 33 Netherlands license plates.

Netherlands license plate, Historic dark blue (1978 to today), sample GX-70-88
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Format, years and the law

Format
LL-99-99, for example GX-70-88 (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
1978 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Historic: vintage/oldtimer regimes (German H, ES historico). Issued for car, van, and motorcycle.
Colours
Characters #FFFFFF Background #1D2E5B
Size
445 × 105 mm · every country's size
  • Netherlands license plate, Historic dark blue 275×195 mm (1978 to today)

    Historic dark blue 275×195 mm

    historic · 275 × 195 mm

  • Netherlands license plate, Historic dark blue 200×145 mm (1978 to today)

    Historic dark blue 200×145 mm

    historic · 200 × 145 mm

  • Netherlands license plate, Historic dark blue 310×110 mm (1978 to today)

    Historic dark blue 310×110 mm

    historic · 310 × 110 mm

About this plate
Oldtimer regime on a SIDECODE-1 registration (XX-99-99).

Legal basis and sources

  1. donkerblauwe plaat, DET before 1-1-1978, kenteken = 2 groepen van 2 cijfers en 1 groep van 2 letters; 445x105 / 275x195 / 200x145 / 310x110 https://www.rdw.nl/de-kentekenplaat/soorten-kentekenplaten
  2. eligibility (auto, bedrijfsauto, kampeerauto, motor, landbouwvoertuig, mobiele machine, aanhangwagen >=751 kg); mopeds excluded; EUR 50 to swap to a historisch kenteken https://www.rdw.nl/de-kentekenplaat/kentekenplaten-voor-oldtimer-aanvragen
  3. models 1.1 t/m 18.1; no duplicaatcode/lamineercode; not registered in GAIK https://www.rdw.nl/zakelijke-partners/erkende-bedrijven/kentekenplaatfabrikanten/extra-eisen-per-kleur-en-model/donke...

This plate in your app

The series id is nl-historic-darkblue. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Netherlands's series:

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