FARMER 1960-
1960 BASEXYA-100 - XZU-999(?)
The numbering on the 1960 base started at XYA-100, and reached XZZ-999 somewhere around 1972.
Plates here are shown in alpha order.
Farmer plates are issued slowly, which causes sticker year variations. Also, some of these are not natural sticker years.
1967

1962Dave Zullo

1961Dave Zullo

1960Dave Zullo

1960

1970

1973

1970

1971 Paul Bagnarol

1965Jeff Fazekas

1963Lee Madigan

1964

1965

1965

1966

1967/68

1971

1968Dave Zullo

1969 BASEXZV-100(?) - XZZ-999
XYA-10A - XYM-99F(?)
The 1969 base had no tab slots - they stopped between XZU and XZY. Reflectorization may have begun at the same point.
1970/71REFLECTORIZED Dave Zullo

Dave Zullo

1973Joe Wasielewski

The next series started at XYA-10A. The XYA and XYB series (or at least up to XYB-71T) were reflectorized.
1974/80

1982

1971Dave Zullo

Regular non-reflectorized plates started again at around XYC.
1973

1976

1975

1977

1978

1979

1981

1989Lee Madigan

1980

1983

1979 BASEXYM-10G(?) - XZC-99Z
The changeover to the blue base plates occurred in the middle of the XYM series, somewhere between XYM-10G and XYM-10X.
Again, these are now listed in alpha order.
1979

1989

1986

1985

2008/09Jeff Fazekas

1984

1983

1985

1988

1998

1987

1993

2006Jeff Fazekas

1989

1994Lee Madigan

1990

1993/94/95

1991

1995Lee Madigan

1994

2002

1997

1999

2001

1994

2009/11flickr

2007

Highest blue base number known is XZC-42M.
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