PRIVATE
possible that buses used "G" prefix before 1940
(G is normally passenger >4,500 lbs.)
First Issue 1940
issued in pairs through 1974
marked "BUS" vertically through 1985?1987?
"BU" prefix 1986?1988?-present
1940 (pair)
yellow/black
1941 (pair)
black/yellow
1942 (pair)
yellow/black
1943 (single)
yellow/black
1944 (single)
believed to be a full-size plate (not a strip)
yellow/green
1945 (single)
yellow/green (April)
green/yellow (no month = October exp)
1946 (pair)
silver/black
1947 (pair)
black/yellow
1948 (pair)
yellow/black
1949 (pair)
white/black
1950 (pair)
black/white
1951 (pair)
white/black
1952 (pair)
yellow/black
1953 (pair)
black/yellow
1954 (pair)
white/black
1955 (pair)
black/white
1956 (pair)
black/yellow
1957 (pair)
white/blue
1958 (pair)
blue/white
1959 (pair)
white/blue
1960 (pair)
blue/white
1961 (pair)
red/white
1962 (pair)
white/red
1963 (pair)
white/green
1964 (pair)
white/black
1965 (pair)
black/white
1966 (pair)
white/blue
1967 (pair)
blue/white
1968 (pair)
begin reflective letters
white/black
1969 (pair)
white/blue
1970 (pair)
"1670 300 YEARS 1970"
white/green
1971 (pair)
white/brown
1972 (pair)
white/black
1973 (pair)
white/blue
1974 (pair)
last year for pairs
white/green
1975 (single)
white/maroon
1976
"1776 Bicentennial 1976" top
blue/white
1977
red/white
1978
green/white
1979
black/white
1980
blue/white
1981
red/white
1982
"EXP. DEC. 31st 82" top
green/white
1983
"EXP. DEC. 31st 83" bottom
black/white
1984
"EXP. DEC. 31st 84" top
blue/white
1985
"EXP. DEC 31 85" bottom
red/white
1986
green/white
1987
black/white
1988
"EXP. BUS 12/31" bottom
blue/white
1989-1990
stickered; 1989 non-pass; 1990 passenger sticker
2 variations: embossed border, no border
red/white
1991- December 31, 2015
stickered; 1991 non-pass; 1992+ passenger sticker
black/white
transition to flat circa 2013, changeover to stacked "B/U" prefix late 2013
January 1, 2016 - present
full replacement through 2016 stickered; "B/U" stacked prefix
black/white
| COMMON CARRIER
Common Carrier = commercial or "pay to ride"
First Issue 1952?
Abbreviated "SC" for South Carolina through 1965
Issued in pairs through 1974
marked "COMMON CARRIER" through 1965;
marked "C/C" 1966-present
marked "BUS" vertically through 1985?1987?;
"BC" prefix 1986-present
1/2 year issues marked "4/30" 1952?-1965, "APRIL 30" 1966-1969??
1/2 year issued marked "MAY 15th" 1972?-????
Common Carrier believed to begin 1952
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