04/30/11

Oregon

PASSENGER, 1986 BLUE/GOLD MONTH STICKER BASE

Passenger:  Beginning with the state's last general issue base in 1956, Oregon has issued relatively few multiyear bases, all renewed with yearly stickers and still in use today, provided they are on the original vehicle.  Because I happened to obtain a large collection of the 1964 and 1974 base plates, the pages can get enormous to download.  Beginning with the 1964 gold/blue base, I have split the pages into the following bases, each being a link to my website page of that type:

Pre-1964 gold/blue base

1964 gold/blue base

1974 blue/gold month coded base

1986 blue/gold month sticker base

1988/1990/2004 graphic tree bases

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1986 blue/gold base, month sticker base:  By the mid-1980s, the state began running out of combinations using the "A" through "M" month codes.  Although the blue/gold base design was continued, the embossed month was removed in favor of a month sticker and the plate number was no longer month coded.  So as to not conflict with the previously issued month coded bases, the "AAA 000" plate number format was continued starting at the "NAA" block.