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This is the place for some old adverts, in no particular order, the first one will simply be the last one added. Check out the last advert for two very special plates sold as a pair. These are pre Website and from the days when plates were advertised in Exchange & Mart (remember that?) and the higher end newspapers (although I'm not sure how the Sunday Express achieved that status...)

G 7 advert from 1972 for 3K

W 1 advert from 1972 for 4.5K

W 9 advert from late 1980 for 2.5K

W 6 advertised in September 1986 for 7K

From August 1986 here is an advert for R 1 at 35K and T 3 for 10K

In late 1980 B 8 and B 9 were advertised as a pair for 10K. My understanding is they didn't actually sell as a pair.

S 6 was advertised along with S 66, S 666 and S 6666 for 20K. Within six months they dropped to 16.5K and were bought by their current owner

P 5 advert from June 1987 for 22K

December 1980 advert here showing P 5 for 6K. Have a look at the rest of the plates available!!

Advertised in December 1980 is O 8 for 3,750 and Y 1 for 12K

This advert shows that in February 1987 M 8 was advertised for 14K and N 3 for 10K

L 2 in October 1988 was advertised for 22.3K

In April 1992 L 2 was up for 25K

J 9 advertised in late 1980 for 3.5K. Within two months it was reduced by 500 by which point it sold

R 2 - 45K

T 4 - 33K

V 9 - 17.2K

H 5 for 20K in December 1988

Advert from December 1987, F 9 for 15K and O 6 for 12K

F 9 for 12.5K and L 2 for 14K, both advertised in June 1987

D 8 for 12.5K from February 1987

February 1987 and C 5 is advertised for 25K

Advert from April 1989 advertising C 5 for 45K and F 9 for 20K

Advert from April 1989 advertising O 8 for 6.5K

An advert from September 1984 advertising 5 K for 5K and 2 U for 6K

Hidden in there also is a corker of a plate, 101 OI

An advert from December 1987 for 4 R for 16K

An advert from May 1990 for 2 P for 35K.

Now this plate has an interesting history, I just don't know what it actually is! All forward P 1x1's are DVLA auction plates with the exception of this one. I can only assume it was issued by DVLA to replace another plate (they are known for doing this) so perhaps it replaced another 1x1 reissued in error?

An advert from the Sunday Times in September 1995 inviting offers for V 0, it didn't sell for unknown reasons.

An advert from early 1987

An advert from March 1985

An advert Autocar & Motor magazine from 1994

3 K offered for offers in excess of 15K

An advert an unknown source from 1975

U 2, U 4, U 6 and B 6 for 2,500 each

An advert an unknown source from 1975

7 R offered for what could be considered a bargain 1,475 compared to others. However, the early x R plates were only issued 11 years earlier in 1964

An advert an unknown source from 1975

L 3 is offered for 4,750, but it does come with a 17 year old Daimler

An advert an unknown source from 1975

K 5 is offered for 5,000

An advert from The Observer, date unknown

Offers invited for O 7

O 8 for 3,750

Y 1 for 12,000

An advert from Exchange & Mart 1988, this was very near to the height of an economic boom

D 6 for 14,200

8 K for 18,000

O 6 for 11,000

F 9 for 15,000

An advert from Motor magazine in 1976 advertising C 7 for 2,500

An advert from Motor magazine in 1975 advertising L 7 for 5,000

A fax from Motormarks in 1998 offering 1 R for 90,000

A fax from Motormarks in 1998 offering 8 M for 49,995

An ad from the Sunday Express from 1991, V 9 and L 5 offered for 29,500 each

The age of this advert is unknown, but with that phonecode it's pre 1990. K 5 is advertised for 5,000

An ad from Car Numbers magazine from June 1988 and has 4 R advertised for 15,950

The age of this advert is unknown, but from the phone codes I'm told it's 1995 onwards, the end result was the purchase of A 1 and 1 A by Prince Jefri Bokiah of Brueni.

The advert is factually incorrect as A 1 wasn't the first plate issued, DY 1 was issued some two weeks earlier.

What is puzzling is the price of 380K + VAT.

The date of the advert is sometime in the mid to late 90's but when 1 A was sold at DVLA auction in December 1989 it sold for 198K, if a VAT registered company bought it then this dropped to 172K. So, a 172K plate is paired with its older sibling, a plate with the letter and number the right way round so certainly worth more, yet the asking price is just 380K + VAT (so 1 A represents at least 45% of this value). Strange.