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We are starting off with..

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UK / GB EMBASSY PLATES..

 

All the Countries around the World that trade with the UK have an Embassy here, usually situated in or near London and each Embassy has it's own fleet of Diplomatic cars for staff and usually a few main executive cars for ferrying Heads of State or Government dignitaries around in. In turn each main car is usually fitted with a Private Number Plate to distinguish it from the normal "D" in the middle after a country code for diplomatic registrations. Most Embassies tend to prefer to display Short Dateless Private No.1 plates with 1, 2 or 3 letters relating ideally to their Country. But, some plates aren't available or are owned Privately. So, some Countries use Name Plates spelling out their Country phonetically like Belize & Spain. Here we've compiled a list of most of the Embassies Private Plates..

 

The UK or British Embassy used to have GB 1 & 1 GB on their Embassy vehicles. But, alas these day's for security they use undistinguished standard Diplomatic "D" plates ...In the future if the UK wanted to start re-using short Dateless Private Plates, they won't be able to have UK 1 & 1 UK as both are owned Privately by a certain UK Packaging Co Limited, based in Tottenham, London.

 

Here's a list of some of the Private Plates we're aware of on various Countries Embassy Cars..

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Afghanistan has 1 AFG,

Angola has ANG 1 & ANG 2 (Angela will be upset),

Armenia has 1 ROA,

Australia has AUS 1 & it's believed 1 AUS also, we have POM 13S in stock (a name Australians call us Brit's).

Austria has 1 OES (not ideal, but Australia beat them to AUS 1 & 1 AUS),

Bahamas has 1 BMS, 12 BMS & BHA 1B,

Belarus has 1 BLS,

Belize has BEL 12E (a rather cool Name Plate with the 12 representing IZ in Belize),

Bolivia has BOL 1,

Bosnia-Herzogovina has BOS 1A,

Botswana has BOT 1,

Brazil has BRZ 1 (replacing BRA 1-4),

Brunei has 1 NBD,

Bulgaria has BG 1,

Burundi has BUR 1A,

Cambodia has the unusual special issue starting with a Zero on the number REC 001 (standing for the Royal Embassy of Cambodia.. as REC 1 was in private ownership &/or scrapped),

Canada has CAN 1, 1 CAN & CDA 2 (We have  CA17 ADA  in stock, which would also suit CANADA),

Czech Republic has 1 CZE,

China has CH 1 & CHN 1,

Columbia has COL 1 (Colin will be upset.. but COL 1N might come on the market as is privately owned),

Congo has CDR 1,

Costa Rica has 1 COS,

Croatia 🇭🇷 has 1HRV (We have  CRO 471A  in Stock, which would suit CROATIA),

Cyprus has 1 CY (previously 1 CYP),

Denmark has DAN 1 & 1 DAN (Dan will be annoyed),

Dominica has DOM 1A & DOM 300 (probably as DOM 1 is quite possibly owned by a Domanic, Dom Jolly or maybe even a Dominatrix!),

Ecuador has 1 ECU,

Egypt has EGY 1A (probably as EGY 1 is owned privately or been lost along with the original vehicle when it was scrapped as Private Plates held no appeal or little value back then),

El Salvador has ELS 1,

Estonia has 1 EST,

Ethiopia has 1 EE,

Fiji has FIJ 1 (they also used to use FIJ 12),

Finland has FIN 1 (special issue),

France 🇫🇷 has FRA 1 (We have  FR14 NCE  in Stock, which would also suit FRANCE),

Gabon has 1 GAB,

Gambia has 1 GAM,

Georgia has 1 GRG,

Germany has GER 1,

Ghana has 1 GHA & GHA 4A (they also used to use 3 GHA and GH 28),

Greece has 1 GRC (used to also use GRE 1J & GRE 1S.. (We have G23 ECE &  GG12 EEK  in Stock which would also suit the GREEK Embassy),

Grenada has 1 GRN,

Guatamala has 1 GUT,

Guyana has GYA 1,

Haita has HAT 1A (and used to have HAI 1.. although not seen on their vehicles for some time),

Hong Kong has 1 HKG,

Hungary has 1 MAG and used to own 1 HUN & 2 HUV (We have HUN 942Y in stock, which would also suit Hungary).

Iceland as IC 1 & 1 ICE (special issues),

India has IND 1 (special issue),

Republic of Indonesia has RI 1 (special issue NI Reg),

Iran has 1 PER, (as was once called Persia, forming part of the Persian Empire)

Iraq has 1 RAQ (special issue with a Q - not usual issue),

Italy has ITA 1 (special issue. 17 ALY is privately owned by an Italian London Restaurant, although we own UK17 ALY),

Jamaica has 1 JAM (a number of Jam Co's would have liked it and Paul Wheller ex member of the Jam. JAM 1 is owned by Wilkins & Sons who own Tiptree Jams of Essex),

Japan has JPN 1D (probably as JPN 1 plus JAP 4N & J4 PAN are privately owned),

Jordan has HKJ 111,

Kazakstan has KAZ 1 & 1 KSN (Borat would like those!),

Kenya has 1 KEN (the late Ken Dodd would have liked that.. (We have  KE17 YAS  in Stock which would also suit KENYA),

Korea has 1 ROK (a Heavy Rock fan may be upset),

Kuwait has 1 KUW (they also used to have 2-6 KUW & 1 KMJ but they're no longer seen on their Embassy vehicles),

Kyrgystan has 1 KYR,

Latvia has LAT 1A (probably as LAT 1 is in private ownership or not available having been scrapped with the original vehicle),

Lebanon has 1 LEB & 1 RL,

Lesotho has 1 LES (Previously owned by the late Les Dawson - Comedian),

Liberia has LEM 1, plus LIB 1 & 1 LIB (although the aforementioned Reg has not seen on it's vehicles for some time),

Lithuania has 1 LIT (either being original NI issue or special issue),

Luxembourg has 1 LUX,

Macedonia has 1 MAK (probably as MAC 1 & 1 MAC are in private ownership or not available),

Malawi has 1 MLW (also had 2 & 3 MLW although not been seen on their vehicles for some time, so may have been sold on),

Malaysia has 1 M (possibly the most expensive if it were ever sold),

Maldives has 7 MLD (probably as MLD 1 & 1 MLD are in private ownership or not available),

Malta has 1 MLT,

Mauritius has MAU 1,

Mauritania has 1 MRN,

Mexico has MEX 1,

Moldova has 10 MDA,

Morocco has MOR 1D (probably as MOR 1 & 1 MOR is held privately or been scrapped a long time ago with the vehicle it was on.. We have in stock MO20 COS which we think would look better than MOR 1D),

Mozambique has 1 MOZ,

Myanmar has 1 MYN (replacing BUR 1 & BUR 6 when it was called Burma),

Nambia has NAM 1, has NEP 1,

Netherlands has NL 1 , NL 2 and had 1 NL (the latter not been seen since they acquired NL 1),

New Zealand has NZ 1 & NZ 2 (both special issues),

Nicaragua has NIC 1 (Nicholas, Nick, & Nicola will be upset),

Nigeria has FGN 1 & FGN 1A, plus NG 2, 3 & 4 (seems they missed out on NG 1 probably owned privately and although you'd think NIG plates would be suitable, NIG plates are in fact banned by DVLA.. although 1 or 2 did slip through the net prior to sensitivity surrounding the word NIG, as original issues),

Norway has NWY 1,

Oman has OMA 1N (not ideal),

Pakistan has 1 PAK (although it did own PAK 1, but it was re-issued with 1 PAK, for it purportedly spelled a derogatory term).. We have in stock PK57 ANS which would suit anyone from Pakistan.

Panama has PAN 1,

Papua New Guinea has 1 PNG,

Paraguay has 1 PY,

Philippines has PHI 1 (special issue),

Poland has 1 POL, we have W42 SAW in stock (being the capital city of Poland).

Portugal has POR 1,

Qatar has QTR 1,

Romania has ROM 1 & 1 ROM, plus ROU 3A),

Russia has 100 RUS (as 1 RUS & RUS 1 are in private ownership).. although we have tabs on RUS 51A and RUS 514,

the Russian Federation has 1 RF. We have MOS 60W in stock.

Saudi Arabia has SAO 1L (used to be mis-spaced as SA O1L, although not been seen for a number of years due to security issues). We have ARA 83A in stock.

Senegal has SEN 1, 2,3,4,,5 & 6 (must be addicted to number plates or have a big family!, although No's 2-6 have not been seen on vehicles since it acquired SEN 1),

Seychelles has SEY 1 & 1 SEY (the latter has not been seen for a number of years and may now be in private ownership),

Singapore has SGP 1 & 1 SGP (although 1 SGP has not been seen on it's vehicles for a number of years),

Slovakia has 1 SLK (a Mercedes SLK owner will be upset) & SVK 1A,

Slovenia has 1 SVN & SLO 1A (the latter it had before the No. 1),

Somalia has 1 SOM,

South Africa has SA 1,

Spain has SPA 1N,

Sri Lanka has 1 SL (a Mercedes SL owner will be upset),

St. Lucia has 1 SLU,

St. Vincent & the Grenadines has 2 SVG,

Sudan has SUD 1 / 2 SUD & SDN 1,

Swaziland has 1 SZD (special issue),

Sweden has SVE 1,

Tajikistan has 1 TOJ,

Tanganyika has TGN,

Tanzania has 1 TAN (a Tanning shop owner will be browned off),

Tasmania has TAS 1,

Thailand has THA 11 & THA 12 (mis-spaced as THA1 1 & THA1 2),

Togo has 1 TOG, Tonga has 1 TON,

Trinidad & Tobago has 1 TT (there will be a disappointed Audi TT owner or Isle of Man TT race fan),

Tunisia has TUN 1,

Turkey has TUR 1 (we had  T11 RKY  in Stock [now SOLD], which would have suited TURKEY),

Uganda has 1 UDA & 1 UGA,

Ukraine has UKR 1,

United Arab Emirates has 1 UAE,

United Kingdom (on British Embassy vehicles in the UK due to security reasons, they just use standard Diplomatic "D" plates ...although when called Great Britain they used both GB 1 & 1 GB, but as they no longer relate to the UK.. and our Government do not own UK 1 & 1 UK plates, as they are both privately owned by a UK Packaging Co., that has them both on the Managing Directors vehicles, as well as having many other Short Dateless UK running number plates on their delivery trucks and on other staff cars),

United States of America has USA 1 (but due to security issues they no longer use it, 1 USA is believed to be in private ownership),

Uruguay has 1 URU,

Uzbekistan has 1 UZB & 1 UDM,

the Vatican had 1 VIP and has 1 VCN,

Venezuela has 1 VEN,

Vietnam has 1 VN & 1 VNA,

Wales has CYM 1 (but is part of the UK and does not therefore have an separate Embassy as such  The Private Plate W4 LES is owned by Welsh TV Channel S4C [Channel 4 Cymru]. We owned W11 LES (now SOLD) & have in stock W4 LCS.

Yemen has YEM 1 & 1 YEM,

Yugoslavia had YU 1 (but since the split up of the Country it's ownership is not known),

Zaire had ZAI 1 & 1 ZAI (their Country is now called Republic of Congo and the plates ownership is no longer known),

Zambia has ZAM 1,

Zimbabwe has ZIM 1 (special issue),

 

We think more Countries should follow Belize's & Spain's example and have Name Plates such as  BEL 12E  &   SPA 1N  .

 

Like our CA17 ADA,  CRO 471A, GG12 EEK, KE17 YAS, &  T11 RKY  Private Plates on their Embassy Cars resembling their Countries.

 

Vietnam for example could also have  V137 NAM  as well as 1 VN & Zambia could also have  ZAM 81A  as well as ZAM 1. Perhaps whilst reading through the above list of Countries with Private Number Plates on Embassy Cars, you may know of others!! If so, why not send them in to us by text or email, preferably with a pic of the actual plate/s on the cars. We hope you've enjoyed reading this.. Send us your interesting Plate Stories & if they're good, we'll publish them.