License plate collecting with the Wizard

From this document I would say the
plate has good collector value.

Quote: Evenbob

It looks like the plate might have been legal
for a short time, for native Hawaiians, but is
not legal now.

http://hrmakahinui.com/transportation/

Good research! I think Paco would be proud if he dug that up.

Quote: Wizard

Good research! I think Paco would be proud if he dug that up.

It looks like the Kingdom of Hawaii issued
plates for awhile and Hawaii eventually
rejected them. So it was a valid plate for
a short time. How many can there be out
there.

Quote: Evenbob

It looks like the Kingdom of Hawaii issued
plates for awhile and Hawaii eventually
rejected them. So it was a valid plate for
a short time. How many can there be out
there.

I would argue that if they were used unofficially for a while, and then rejected, they were never legitimate license plates in the first place. I couldn't see the state of Hawaii ever officially respecting them.

Quote: Wizard

I would argue that if they were used unofficially for a while, and then rejected, they were never legitimate license plates in the first place. I couldn't see the state of Hawaii ever officially respecting them.

Your take on the situation is accurate. Just because I declare Seachlight a separate nation and start manufacturing license plates does not make them "legal" until the State of Nevada rejects my claim. They were illegal the whole time.

As for collector value?? Perhaps if the feds shoot it out with me, and it gets on the news, there might be something there??

Here is a license plate I've never seen on ebay before and never openly sold anywhere. A U.S. diplomatic license plate.



Link to auction.

I will be very interesting to see what this one goes for. They change hands so seldomly and secretly that it is hard to put a price on it. However, I will anyway -- $300 to $500. It also wouldn't surprise me if the auction gets taken down early.

Quote: Wizard

Here is a license plate I've never seen on ebay before and never openly sold anywhere. A U.S. diplomatic license plate.
.

The plate was in use from 1984 till 2007. It's
no longer valid, I don't the problem is selling
it, Property Of is not on it yet. The TG indicates
it was used in Canada. This is the new one:

Quote: Wizard

Here is a license plate I've never seen on ebay before and never openly sold anywhere. A U.S. diplomatic license plate.



Link to auction.


It will be very interesting to see what this one goes for. They change hands so seldomly and secretly that it is hard to put a price on it. However, I will anyway -- $300 to $500. It also wouldn't surprise me if the auction gets taken down early.

The Feds are pretty strict about controlling these plates. There is wording in the title change document specifying that the plates cannot be removed from the car unless authorized by the State Department, and that the plates have to be returned to the State Department's Office of Foreign Missions.

Quote: Ayecarumba

The Feds are pretty strict about controlling these plates. There is wording in the title change document specifying that the plates cannot be removed from the car unless authorized by the State Department, and that the plates have to be returned to the State Department's Office of Foreign Missions.

That is what the seller told me. He gave me the plate in a paper bag so nobody would see that he had it.

I may bust these posts after the auction, because who knows who will read them and ask me for it back.

Paco, are you sure you put that Hawaii post in the right place?

Two days to go and the Diplomat plate is at $330.50.