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This book is the premier resource on the history of motor vehicle licensing in the State of New Mexico. It has many hundreds of pages of historical information that are not found elsewhere—not even on this website. It’s a hardback reference book with 572 pages, over 2,000 color photographs, and more than four dozen period black and white photos. Additionally, there are nearly 700 citations of original source material, and more than 1,900 page references in the Index. And in spite of the word “Early” in its title, the book covers all license plates issued in New Mexico, up to and including the present time. The book measures 8½" x 11" x 2" thick and weighs well over 5 lbs.
To date, just 250 copies have been printed in all four editions, so even with the Fourth Edition in print, Early New Mexico License Plates, by definition, remains a “rare” book!
It has now been out of print for over a year and there are no plans to print additional books. The price per book is $150 plus $9.95 flat rate Priority Mail shipping, for a total of $159.95. Contact us at the address or e-mail below if you are interested in having this book.
For those who might want to borrow a library copy on Interlibrary Loan, the ISBN of the Fourth Edition is: 978-0-9881990-3-3.
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P.O. Box 1
Organ, NM 88052-0001
Getting Started
1 Introduction
2 How to Use This Book
License Plate Types
3 Amateur Radio
4 Boat
5 Bus (see also Commercial Car and Taxi)
6 C-Prefix Commercial (see also Commercial Car, Taxi, Bus and Driverless)
7 Commercial Car (see also Taxi and Bus)
8 Commercial Truck (see also Truck)
9 Dealer
10 Driverless
11 First Automobile in New Mexico
12 First Issues
13 Governor & Lt. Governor — and Other Early Political Plates
14 Guest, Tourist and Visitor
15 Highway Department
16 Motor Truck
17 Motorcycle
18 Motorcycle Dealer
19 Mounted Patrol
20 National Guard Officer
21 Official
22 Passenger
23 Porcelains
24 Pre-States
25 Registration Certificate Holders
26 Salesman
27 Samples
28 School Bus
29 Staff Officer
30 State Police Motorcycle & State Police Passenger
31 Taxi (see also Commercial Car and Bus)
32 Trailer
33 Truck (see also Commercial Truck)
34 U.S. Official
35 1943 Windshield Stickers
36 1951 Windshield Stickers License Plate Administration
License Plate Administration
37 County Allocations & County Prefixes
38 Enabling Legislation
39 1910 Albuquerque Ordinance
40 1910 Las Vegas Ordinance
41 1910 Santa Fe Ordinance
42 1911 Raton Ordinance
43 1912 New Mexico Automobile License Law
44 1913 New Mexico Motor Vehicle Law
45 1919 New Mexico Motor Vehicle Law
46 1923 New Mexico Motor Vehicle Law
47 Issuing Authorities
48 Manufacturers of New Mexico License Plates
49 Motor Vehicle Records in New Mexico
50 Registration Statistics
51 New Mexico Towns
Miscellany
52 Miscellaneous New Mexico License Plates and Related Items
Variations of New Mexico License Plates and Error Plates
Double Zias
Duplicate Plates
Temporary Plates
Canceled Plates
Plates from U.S. Military Bases in New Mexico
Tribal Plates
Titles and Registration Certificates
Chauffeur Badges
Operator’s (Driver’s) Licenses
Bicycle Tags
DAV Tags
Cereal Premiums
Chewing Gum Premiums
Handicap Parking Permits
Billboard Plates
Advertising Toppers and Booster Plates
New Mexico State Road Number Signs
Official N.M. State Highway Department Road Maps
Brake & Light Stickers
Dog Tags
Modern Plates
53 Modern Plates
Index
Subject Index