Number Plates Search
Most expensive numbers sold
- '5' - £3.5million (Dubai - 2007)
- 'M 1' - £331,500 (2006)
- 'VIP 1' - £285,000 (2006)
- '51 NGH' - £254,000 (2006)
- 'GS 1' - £258,775 (2005)
- 'K1 NGS' - £231,000 (1993)
The history behind car number plates
Did you know that car number plates have been adorning vehicles in Britain since 1903?
Legend has it that Earl Russell camped out overnight in London to ensure that he would receive the registration number A 1. However, this wasn't the first car number plate to be issued...
Click here to read a history of car number plates
Number Plate Auction - October 1996
DVLA Auction Brochure - 25th October 1996
Cover for the brochure of the DVLA number plates auction dated the 25th of October 1996. The auction was held during the British International Motorshow at the NEC in Birmingham.
1 HKS, E1 MER, and 1 WJL were estimated at £4,200, and 1 LGM, 1 CPM, 1 HJP, 1 RJK and 1 SJP were given reserves of £4,300. 1 KJS, SHF 1, 1 PRU, 1 KPS and 1 SFS were valued at £4,400.
1 PBS, FEM 1 and 1 MRP were valued at £4,500, and 1 KLS and 1 KFS were estimated at £4,600.
The most valuable plate, however, was 8 M - estimated at £5,900.
