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
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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
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
"BC" prefix for Common Carrier
January 1, 2016 - present
full replacement through 2016
stickered; "B/U" stacked prefix; "B/C" prefix for Common Carrier
black/white
APPORTIONED
little information
considered Common Carrier
"BC" prefix.
believed to start at number 7000 not to conflict with regular CC Bus
transition to flat circa 2014, valid without stickers, though sticker boxes "Place Month/Year Sticker Here" were printed on the plate.
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