Private Plates and Personal Number Plates

Recently the cherished private plate “1 O” sold at auction for £210,000. The sale is amongst the UKs top 10 most expensive plates. One of the things that makes this plate really stand out, is with current plate font the “1″ and “O” can look exactly the same as a “I” and a nought without having to edit any of the lettering. This plate has also never been released untill now. Among the other plate sales that day was the private plate “3 S” which raised £94000!

The MN series was exclusive to motorists living in the Isle of Man with “MN 1″ being the first plate issued in 1906. The winning bid was placed by undisclosed bidder who is now in possession of what has to be the best Isle of Man plate on the market. Auction Organisers at the Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club near Douglas were said to be stunned at the winning bid. MN 1 was part of a collection kept by the late John Moore and was originally displayed on a steam engined car owned by George Drinkwater.