Plate planet

Bicentennial 1976

General Information:

Here a complete 1976 Bicentennial run is shown. Not only the special bicentennial issues, but all PASSENGER plates that could be used in 1976.
Also the official and unofficial (souvenir) booster (front) plates are shown.
At the end of this run, the USA territories are shown as well.

Plates in my collection:

Alabama


1976 Alabama / Passenger / Fully embossed	1976 Alabama / Passenger / Partly flat

Alaska


1976 Alaska / Passenger

Arizona


1973-1980 1973 base with 1976 sticker Arizona / Passenger

Arkansas


1968-1977 With 1976 sticker Arkansas / Passenger / No slogan	1975-1977 With 1976 sticker Arkansas / Passenger / "Land of Opportunity" slogan

California


1963-1970 With 1976 sticker California / Passenger (Permanent plate with unlimited validity)	1969-1979 With 1976 sticker California / Passenger (Permanent plate with unlimited validity)

Colorado


1975-1976 With 1976 sticker Colorado / Passenger	1976 With 1976 sticker Colorado / Passenger These plates were necessary because the stock of the Bicentennial plates had been exhausted by mid 1976

Connecticut


1957-1969 With 1976 sticker Connecticut / Passenger With large "Connecticut" dies. Annual metal tabs using slots till 1963. Stickers from 1964.	1969-1974 With 1976 sticker Connecticut / Passenger With smaller "Connecticut" dies.


1974-1976 With 1976 sticker Connecticut / Passenger "Constitution State"	1976-1980 With 1976 sticker Connecticut / Passenger "Constitution State"

Delaware


1958-1963 With 1976 sticker Delaware / Passenger Flat "Delaware" at top and slots at bottom for annual metal tabs. Permanent plate with unlimited validity.	1963-1970 With 1976 sticker Delaware / Passenger Flat "The First State" at top. Permanent plate with unlimited validity.


1970-1985 With 1976 sticker Delaware / Passenger Flat "The First State" at top. Permanent plate with unlimited validity.	1976 Bicentennial Souvenir front plate

District of Columbia


1976 With 1976 sticker Washington DC / Passenger Capitol dome to the left. No debossed date under the sticker	1976 Washington DC / Passenger Capitol dome as seperator. Debossed "75" under the sticker

Florida


1975 With green 1976 sticker exp. as of 06-76 Florida / Passenger	1975 Wit red 1976 sticker with 4 mnths validity

Georgia


1976-1982 Georgia / Passenger Chatham County	1976 Georgia / Passenger Special numbered Bicentennial issue that, for an extra usd 10 fee could replace the regular plate

Hawaii


1976-1980 Hawaii / Passenger Graphic is showing King Kamehameda and palm trees

Idaho


1974-1982 Idaho / Passenger Idaho on top Blue sticker with "Expires June 20, 1976"	1974-1982 Idaho / Passenger Idaho on top, followed by 74. Red sticker with "76" only

Illinois


1976 Illinois / Passenger	1976 Collector

Indiana


1976-1977 Indiana / Passenger Regular passenger plate	1976-1977 Indiana / Passenger "Heritage State"

Iowa


1975-1978 / Sticker 1976 Iowa / Passenger

Kansas


1976-1980 Kansas / Passenger

Kentucky


1975-1983 / Sticker 1976 Kentucky / Passenger

Louisiana


1974-1976 Louisiana / Passenger No stickers or plates issued in 1976

Maine


1974-1976 / Sticker 1976 Maine / Passenger	1976 Souvenir plate / Plastic

Maryland


1976 Maryland / Passenger Optional bicentennial plate	1976-1980 Maryland / Passenger No sticker used in 1976

Massachusetts


1972-1976 / Sticker 1976 Massachusetts / Passenger

Michigan


1976-1978 Michigan / Passenger Bicentennial

Minnesota


1974-1977 / Sticker 1976 Minnesota / 1974-1977 Passenger

Mississippi


1976 Mississippi / Passenger	1972-1976 Mississippi / Passenger "Tax Free" - DAV = Disabled Veteran Every year shows datechange at the right bottom


1976 Bicentennial front plate Official State issue

Missouri


1976 Missouri / Passenger Series 1 to 9-999 only	1976 Missouri / Passenger


1976-1977 Missouri / Passenger "200 Years"

Montana


1976-1987 Montana / Passenger Bicentennial

Nebraska


1976-1983 Nebraska / Passenger Bicentennial

Nevada


1969 / Sticker 1976 Nevada / Passenger 1969 - Probably permanent validity Debossed with "69"	1970-1973 / Sticker 1976 Nevada / Passenger No year indication - Only stickers "NEV" For new registrants only 1969 issue remained valid


1974-1983 / Sticker 1976 Nevada / Passenger No year indication - Only stickers For new registrants only 1969 & 1970 issues remained valid.

New Hampshire


1975-1977 / Sticker 1976 New Hampshire / Passenger "Live Free or Die"	1976 New Hampshire / Passenger Optional special Bicentennial front plate, officially issued, "First for Independence"

New Jersey


1959-1972 New Jersey / Passenger Series from GLA-100 to RHZ-999 were made of rustable heavy steel Plate edges are embossed Annual renewal by windshield stickers	1973-1976 New Jersey / Passenger Made of galvanized steel Plate edges are debossed Annual renewal by windshield stickers


1976 New Jersey / Passenger Official optional front plate to be used over the top of the original front plate Validity from July 1, 1975 to February 1, 1977 "Crossroads of the Revolution" First version flat screened.	1976 New Jersey / Passenger Official optional front plate to be used over the top of the original front plate Validity from July 1, 1975 to February 1, 1977 "Crossroads of the Revolution" Second version fully embossed.

New Mexico


1972-1981 / Dated 72 with 1976 sticker New Mexico / Passenger AAA 000 to BCA 000 made from galvanized steel


1974-1981 / Dated 72 with 1976 sticker New Mexico / Passenger Made of alluminium	1974-1981 / Dated 74 with 1976 sticker New Mexico / Passenger Made of alluminium


1976-1981 / Dated 72 again with 1976 sticker New Mexico / Passenger Made of alluminium County name on top


1976 Officially issued Bicentennial front plate "Desert mountain profile 1540-1776-1976"	1976 This is a prototype plate to be issued for the 1976 Bicentennial. When they were not issued, the FoP sold them as booster plates.

New York


1973-1979 New York / Passenger Renewal by annual windshield stickers.

North Carolina


1975-1979 / Sticker 1976 North Carolina / Passenger "First in Freedom"

North Dakota


1974-1979 / Sticker 1976 North Dakota / Passenger "Peace Garden State"

Ohio


1976-1979 Ohio / Passenger Plates not dated, no stickers in 1976. First sticker for 1977.

Oklahoma


1976 Oklahoma / Passenger "1776 Bicentennial 1976"

Oregon


1956-1958 / Sticker 1976 Oregon / Passenger Permanent plate with unlimited validity. With slots for metal annual tabs (till 1961) "Oregon 56" on top	1956-1958 / Sticker 1976 Oregon / Passenger Permanent plate with unlimited validity. With slots for metal annual tabs (till 1961) No embossed year.


1959-1964 / Sticker 1976 Oregon / Passenger Permanent plate with unlimited validity. No slots anymore. "Pacific Wonderland"	1965-1972 / Sticker 1976 Oregon / Passenger Permanent plate with unlimited validity. "Oregon" at bottom.


1973-1987 / Sticker 1976 Oregon / Passenger Permanent plate with unlimited validity.

Pennsylvania


1971-1976 / Sticker 1976 Pennsylvania / Passenger "Bicentennial State '76"

Rhode Island


1967-1972 / Sticker 1976 Rhode Island / Passenger "Discover Rhode Island"	1973-1979 / Sticker 1976 Rhode Island / Passenger "Ocean State - Rhode Island"

South Carolina


1976-1980 South Carolina /Passenger No sticker 1976 With screened Palmetto tree "1776 Bicentennial 1976"	1976 South Carolina / National Guard "1776 National Guard 1976"


1976 Passenger Bicentennial souvenir plate

South Dakota


1976-1980 South Dakota / Passenger No sticker in 1976

Tennessee


1971-1975 / Sticker 1976 Tennessee / Passenger 1971 etched into top right navelled box.	1976 Tennessee / Passenger 76 Embossed in right top corner

Texas


1975-1976 / Sticker 1976 Texas / Passenger With star seperator Debossed 75 in right top corner disappeared in 1977.	1976-1977 / Sticker 1976 Texas / Passenger With state outline seperator Still a debossed 75 in the right top corner, that disappeared in 1977.

Utah


1973 / Sticker 1976 Utah / Passenger "Utah 1973" at bottom Known as type 1	1974 / Sticker 1976 Utah / Passenger "Utah" centered at bottom Known as type 3


1974-1977 / Sticker 1976 Utah / Passenger Beehive seperator - "Utah" at bottom Known as type 4

Vermont


1972-1976 / Sticker 1976 Vermont / Passenger Debossed	1976 Vermont / Passenger Officially issued front plate for the Bicentennial

Virginia


1973-1975 / Sticker 1976 Virginia / Passenger "Virginia" embossed	1976-1979 / Sticker 1976 Virginia / Passenger "1776 Independence Bicentennial 1976" screened at bottom.

Washington


1963-1964 / Sticker 1976 Washington / Passenger Square "63" at bottom Valid through 1985	1963-1964 / Sticker 1976 Washington / Passenger Round "63" at bottom Valid through 1985


1965-1967 / Sticker 1976 Washington / Passenger "Washington" at bottom Undated, valid through 1985	1968-1981 / Sticker 1976 Washington / Passenger "Washington" at top Undated, valid through 1985

West Virginia


1971-1975 / Sticker 1976 West Virginia / Passenger "6" in serial = June "Mountain State"	1976-1981 / Screened 76 West Virginia / Passenger "6" in serial = June January - July 1976 plates used the 1970-1975 dies "Wild, Wonderful"


1976-1981 / Sticker 1976 West Virginia / Passenger "N" in serial = November From August 1976 new dies were used (see the number "6") "Wild, Wonderful"

Wisconsin


1973-1979 / Sticker 1976 Wisconsin / Passenger "L" in serial = June "America's Dairyland"

Wyoming


1975-1977 / Sticker 1976 Wyoming / Passenger

Guam


1974-1982 / Sticker 1976 Guam / Passenger

Panama - Canal Zone


1976 Panama - Canal Zone / Passenger

Puerto Rico


1973-1984 / Sticker 1976 Puerto Rico / Passenger

Virgin Islands


1975-1977 / Annual renewal with windshield sticker Virgin Islands / Passenger C = St.Croix Island "American Paradise"

USA
Souvenir plates


1976 Souvenir plate Metal "Bicentennial - Let Freedom Ring"	1976 Souvenir plate Metal "Bi-Centennial 1776-1976"


1976 Souvenir plate Plastic "American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976"	1976 Souvenir plate Plastic Manitee Club "American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976"


1976 Souvenir plate Plastic Mobile, Alabama "A past to remember, a future to mold" "American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976"	1976 Souvenir plate Plastic Mobile, Alabama "American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976"


1976 Souvenir plate Plastic Central Florida "American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976"	1976 Souvenir plate Plastic Orlando, Florida "American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976"


1976 Souvenir plate Plastic Tampa, Florida "American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976"