NUMBER PLATES

Number Plates

Carreg have been selling "number plates" in the UK for over 20 years, there have been many many highlights with famous sports personalities, film stars and even Royalty as our customers. We have also had great fun buying and selling number plates; " JR 1 " was purchased for a customer but the deal was held up whilst JR himself (Larry Haggman) used the car and number plate whilst his UK shooting visit. Various number plates were purchased for a foreign Royal family, when bidding for the numbers via auction, we were told to "just buy them"! In the Carreg early days, deals were done over a Black Ash coffee table, yes they were fashionable once! If a likable number was spotted whilst driving, we used to follow the car and wave the driver down to try and secure a deal on the road side, of course this type of thing would be much more difficult now!

Number Plates Within The UK Vehicle Registration System

The standard size in the UK for front number plate is 520 mm × 111 mm. The rear plates are either the same size, or 285 mm × 203 mm or 533 mm × 152 mm. There are now many different styles and formats of number plates in use within the UK;

Cherished Number Plates (The term mainly used within the industry for dateless number plates) with formats like;

A1 - A 12 - A 123 - A 1234 - AA 1 - AA 12 - AA 123 - AA 1234 - AAA 1 - AAA 12 - AAA 123 and also in the reverse formats (later issues). The first number plate issued was A 1 way back in 1903! It was then on the first registration issue that UK number plates became popular with an Earl Russell having to camp outside the vehicle registration office all night in order to make sure he was issued the the first valuable number plate (A 1)! Apparently the cost of registering A1 back then was £25.

Around 100 years later, Carreg assisted the sale of A1 and 1A to a foreign Royal family, both number plates were transferred quickly onto two identical white Bentley Azure's ready to collect the new owners from there arriving private airliner! If A1 and 1A (which are the UK's ultimate singles or pairs) should ever be available on the open market again, we would estimate the number plates to sell for around £5,000,000 - However, we are sure they will never be available to buy for any offers!

Age Related Number Plates - Ideal Gifts

Age related number plates are by far the most popular type of number purchased for gifts! An age related number plate can be be of many different variants but the most popular would be a "prefix number plate" as they are also among the cheapest of number plates! Examples of prefix number plates are A1 ABC - B16 JDW - K888 KSR - G15 HHH - M15 SSS - Y1 ABC. Prices for this type of number plate start from only £170 and can be provided to customers on an official DVLA certificate so they make ideal gifts! You can "Make Your Own Number Plate" from only £170...

"Number Plates" Can Be Great Investments!

Carreg.co.uk have over 1,000 number plates in stock (which we own), offer over 10,000 number plates on an agency basis and over a whopping 20 million number plates available via DVLA! Carreg.co.uk are registered DVLA Ressellers...

Carreg supply most personalised number plates on a certificate issued by DVLA which is valid for 1 year. All number plates we supply can be transferred via the DVLA by us, our customers or our trading partners. Some of the number plates offered originate from DVLA Government stock.

Legal Notice: ©1988 - 2012 All contents of this site are the property of Classic Enterprises (UK) LTD - Please Note: DVLA is a registered trade mark of the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency. Classic Enterprises (UK) LTD is in no way affiliated to the DVLA but is a registered frequent buyer of DVLA registrations and also a registered DVLA number plates supplier (No: 27154). Members of RMIF, MIRAD, FSB and the Registration numbers club. - All private plates are subject to price check and availability. Terms & Conditions

If you can not find your ideal private plates via our database search (top left) please try our plate finder where we have an alphabetical list of all private plates. If you wish to sell your personal registration plate then visit our Number Plate Valuation page.
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