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The registration number DH11 LON sold for £61,000 hammer price and JO11 NNY sold for £24,000 on the hammer.

Thankfully not all of the private plates sold for such high amounts with regplates.com securing both new stock and numbers for clients.

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Mr Bitta, who had escaped a deadly attack on his life by Sikh militants in 1993, had floated an Anti-Terror Front and pleaded with the top court to enforce the scheme as vehicles with fake numbers were also used for bomb blasts by terrorists. As per security experts, digital HSRPs are tamper-proof and will help in checking the use of fake number plates in crimes and also in detecting vehicles used for any unlawful acts.

The registration number, AB11 DHB, was originally bought for about £400 (Dh2,300) and could now possibly fetch more than Dh1.7 million, according to MIK Legal Consulting, the Dubai company handling the auction.

M I Khan, head of the company, said he was “not surprised” at how the sale was going. “Abu Dhabi motoring enthusiasts are the most passionate in the world,” he said.

He said the reserve price of £25,000 was crossed within a few hours.

He dispelled suggestions Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, was among the seven bidders, saying only the bidders were “private enthusiasts” with “some big names involved”.

“There is a little bit of speculation that two of the current bidders are trying to purchase this plate with the plan to gift it to his highness,” he said.

The auction held at Stratford Upon Avon will see 1500 lots offered.

As usual the Regplates team will be on hand to bid, buy and offer advice on all apsects of the auction and any other number plate related queries you may have.

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The RTA already auctions off a range of distinctive numbers, such as ‘K111’ or ‘K20’, raising millions of dirhams a year.

However, Ahmed Hashim Bahrozyan, CEO of the Licensing Agency at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), told 7DAYS they are now considering a system where people could choose the letters and numbers they want. He said interest in personalised number plates has grown in recent years and the agency was now looking at various options to satisfy that demand. “We are studying the possibility of introd­ucing some form of personalisation for plates that will conform with the existing licensing system,” Bahrozyan said.

“We want to give our clients various options as the demand for special­ised number plates continues to grow.” His comments come as the RTA yesterday began auctioning off a series of registrations for M-coded plates.

Such sales, which take place several times a year, raise about Dhs70 million annually. Bahrozyan said originally it was mainly Emiratis who favoured the plates but interest from the expat community is on the rise. He added that many of them are now looking for a greater form of personal­isation similar to systems in other countries.

Dubai-based businessman Aqela Sayed bought the E-15 number plate for Dhs3.12 million a few months ago.  He welcomed the idea of ordering personalised plates and said owning special plates was popular within the Emirati community. “It is a good idea to allow people to choose what they wish to print on their number plates,” said Sayed.

“This will open up more options for number plate buyers and also people who want their cars to be unique.” Bahrozyan said the logistics of introducing new registrations were still being worked out but it would likely be done in phases and the text on the registrations would be restricted, taking into consideration cultural and religious sensitivities.

Dispensing with fancy graphics and multiple layers of color, Washington State University unveiled a simple red number plate with white lettering and the WSU Cougar logo on the right side.

The personalised number plate went on sale Monday.

“We wanted to be distinctive, to really stand out,” said WSU spokesman Darin Watkins.

The University of Washington is the bigger, older school, but WSU sells more than double the number of plates of its cross-state rival. Last year, Cougs bought 14,309 WSU specialty plates, generating about $350,000 in college scholarship money.

“They are by far the most popular specialty plate in the state,” said Department of Licensing spokesman Brad Benfield.

The UW isn’t even the second-most popular plate. No. 2 in popularity is the Law Enforcement Memorial, which raises money for the Olympia memorial to law-enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. Last year, 9,866 of those plates were sold, Benfield said.

The UW comes in third, with 7,047 plates sold last year. Its design includes a purple W over a gold field, and a gray graphic of the UW’s seal.

It took nearly two years for WSU to win approval for the all-crimson license plate. The Licensing Department scrutinized the solid color carefully because license plates are the most reflective part of an automobile, and on a dark road they can be an essential piece of safety equipment, Benfield said.

In 2010, nearly 2,331 cases of vehicle theft were registered in the city, while the number rose to 2,595 the following year (till December 10).

In October 2011, the Supreme Court had imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the Haryana government for “disobeying” its directions regarding implementation of HSRP for motor vehicles. Though three months have passed, nothing has been done in this regard.

“We are working in this direction. We issued a letter of intent to the company (allotted the tender for the number plates) in November last year. However, the company did not even turn up to complete the formalities,” said Sant Kumar Joshi, state transport commissioner, Haryana.

“We have a high-power committee meeting on January 24 where we will finalise things in the direction,” he added.

Discussing the fine imposed by the Supreme Court, he said, “We were ahead of other states in floating tenders. But after the company backed out, we were left in a fix. Things will be finalised soon.”