Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates

[m22mike]

* ZZA 219 ... 5/01/70 (?)

* This last one is very near the end run,but with Joe's Nova being ZVM and sold 7/69, 5/70 seems out of order- unless it was a plate issued from a branch for a lost or stolen replacement.. local offices held older stock for months later. Whether or not DMV went all the way to ZZZ 999 with blues already well into circulation is open for debate. I know when the state did the wholesale switch from yellow to black in 62 i'm fairly certain there weren't any Z suffix yellow base issued- they stopped at Y. JMHO

[/ QUOTE ]

In re: to my old plate ZZA 219 ( go back and read post #412923 - 07/28/09 on pg.5 )
From what I recall the DMV branch I went to seemed like a small neighbrhood operation ? Keep in mind this was not a new car issure, and I most definetly got it after the May 1 1970 date.
Could that plate have been sitting for some time on the shelf ?
Neat thread.