As the name suggests, cherished number plates are a registration mark with a special significance, usually for historic or sentimental reasons. Sometimes, cherished number plates have been in the same family for decades.
The idea of cherished number plates was born after registration rules changed to allow marks to be transferred from vehicle to vehicle. The DVLC (as it was before it became the DVLA) allowed this in response to public demand.
These days it’s even easier to have cherished number plates since you can acquire retention and entitlement certificates. This means, for example, that you can buy cherished number plates for a child and pay a small annual fee to the DVLA to keep them up to date until the child is old enough to drive.
One of the first people to have an early version of cherished number plates was the Earl Russell, who queued all night in London in 1903 to acquire the plate, ‘A 1′ for his Napier. So really cherished marks were the first personalised number plates.
These days, you don’t have to be a millionaire to acquire your own cherished number plates. And whether you’re looking to buy or sell your cherished number plates, make us at Platinum Plates your first port of call.
We offer a wide range of dateless cherished marks, prefix and current style personalised number plates.
It’s so easy to look for your cherished number plates using our online search facility – see our website for more details.
