International Ovals, alphabetically sorted from R to Z
The information in italic has to be confirmed, the rest comes mainly from RPW3 or international organisations sources.
Country | OVAL | Used between : |
or since : | ISO 2/3 |
Romania | R | 30-81 now RO | ||
Russia | R | 10-26 now RUS | ||
Russia (unofficial Oval seen in France, with flag) | R # S | |||
Argentina | RA | 27- | AR/ARG | |
Bolivia | RB | 63-67 now BOL | ||
Botswana | RB | 67- | BW/BWA | |
Taiwan | RC | 32- | TW/TWN | |
Central African Republic | RCA | 62- | CF/CAF | |
Congo Brazzaville | RCB | 62- | CG/COG | |
Chile | RCH | 30- | CL/CHL | |
Cote d'Ivoire (unofficial Oval seen in France) | RCI | |||
Congo Leopoldville, now democratic Republic of Congo | RCL | 61-70 now CGO | ||
Djibouti (Unofficial oval seen in Paris, 1999) | RDD | DJ/DJI | ||
Cameroon (reported Oval, also see RPW3 p107) | RFC | |||
Guinea | RG | begin. 70s- | GN/GIN | |
Haiti | RH | 52- | HT/HTI | |
Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso | RHV | 70s-90s now BF | HV/HVO reserved | |
Indonesia | RI | 55- | ID/IDN | |
Mauritania | RIM | 64- | MR/MRT | |
Lebanon | RL | 52- | LB/LBN | |
Liberia (unofficial Oval seen in 96, USA + Liberian plate) | RL | |||
Madagascar | RM | 62- | MG/MDG | |
Romania | RM | 12-30 now RO | ||
Mali | RMM | 62- | ML/MLI | |
Niger | RN | end 70s- | NE/NER | |
Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia | RNR | 60-66 now Z | ||
Nyasaland, now Malawi | RNY | 60-65 now MW | ||
Romania | RO | 81- | RO/ROM | |
South Korea | ROK | 71- | KR/KOR | |
Uruguay | ROU | end 70s- | UY/URY | |
Philippines | RP | 75- | PH/PHL | |
Benin (reported Oval) | RPB | end 70s now DY | ||
San Marino | RSM | 32- | SM/SMR | |
Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe | RSR | 60-79 now ZW | ||
Burundi | RU | 60- | BI/BDI | |
Ruanda-Urundi, now split | RU | 59-64 now RWA-RU | ||
Cameroon | RUC | 72-83 now CAM | ||
Russian Federation | RUS | 92- | RU/RUS | |
Rwanda (unofficial Oval list & reported) | RW | |||
Rwanda | RWA | 64- | RWRWA | |
Sweden | S | 11- | SE/SWE | |
Saarland, now in Germany | SA | 25-35, 45-46 now in D | ||
Saudi Arabia | SA | begin.70s- | SA/SAU | |
Saudi Arabia (unofficial Oval seen (small black/orange)) | SAT | |||
South Africa | SAU | 33-56 now ZA | ||
Serbia, now in Serbia Monténégro | SB | 11-18 now in SCG | ||
Serbia Montenego | SCG | 2003- | ||
Vatican (unofficial Oval list) | SCV | |||
Swaziland | SD | 35- | SZ/SWZ | |
Ireland | SE | 24-38 now IRL | ||
Serbia (unofficial Oval seen in France, 90's) | SER | |||
Finland | SF | 21-93 now FIN | ||
Singapore (unofficial Oval list) | SG | |||
Singapore | SGP | 52- | SG/SGP | |
Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now split | SHS | 26-36 now SCG+HR+SLO | ||
Swaziland (unofficial 1926 Oval list) | SID | |||
Sarawak, now in Malaysia | SK | 55-63 now in MAL | ||
Slovakia | SK | 93- | SK/SVK | |
Syria and Lebanon, now split | SL | 31-52 now SYR+RL | ||
Slovenia | SLO | 91- | SI/SVN | |
Siam, now Thailand | SM | 30-55 now T | ||
Suriname | SME | 36- | SR/SUR | |
Senegal | SN | 62- | SN/SEN | |
State of North Borneo, now in Malaysia | SNB | 38-55 now MAL | ||
Slovakia | SO | 39-45, 93 now SK | ||
Somalia | SO | begin. 70s- | SO/SOM | |
Somalia Protectorate, now in Somalia | SP | 38-60 now in SO | ||
Slovakia | SQ | 93 now SK | ||
Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe | SR | 32-60 now ZW | ||
Straits Settlements, now in Malaysia | SS | 32-52 now MAL+SGP | ||
Soviet Union, now split | SU | 26-91 now RUS+UA+BY,... | SU/SUN reserved | |
Sudan | SUD | 63- | SD/SDN | |
South West Africa, now Namibia | SWA | 35-66 now NAM | ||
Seychelles | SY | 38- | SC/SYC | |
Syria | SYR | 52- | SY/SYR | |
Thailand | T | 55- | TH/THA | |
Turkey (reported RPW3 p577) | T | now TR | ||
Thailand (unofficial Oval list) | TAI | |||
French Trustee of Cameroon, now Cameroon (RPW3 p109) | TC | 32-52 now CAM | ||
Chad | TCH | begin. 70s- | TD/TCD | |
Trinidad and Tobago | TD | 38-64 now TT | ||
French Territory of Afars and Issas, now Djibouti (unofficial square sign 70's) | TFAI | now RDD ? | ||
Togo | TG | 62- | TG/TGO | |
China (unofficial French & German Oval list) | TJ | |||
Tajikistan | TJ | 96?- | TJ/TJK | |
Turkmenistan | TM | 96?- | TM/TKM | |
Turkmenistan | TMN | 93-96? Now TM | ||
Tunisia | TN | 57- | TN/TUN | |
Trucial Oman, now Oman | TO | 60s now ? | ||
Turkey | TR | 35- | TR/TUR | |
Trieste, now in Italy | TS | 45-54 now in I | ||
Togo | TT | 32-52 now TG | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | TT | 64- | TT/TTO | |
Trengganu, now in Malaysia | TU | 35-48 now in MAL | ||
Tunisia (unofficial Oval list) | TU | |||
Uruguay | U | 49-70s now ROU | ||
United Kingdom (unofficial Oval seen in France 2/98) | UK | UK see GB | ||
Ukraine | UA | 92- | UA/UKR | |
Ukraine | UR | 91 now UA | ||
United States of America (1912 Encyclopedia Oval list) | US | |||
United States of America | USA | 52- | US/USA | |
Uzbekistan | UZ | 96?- | UZ/UZB | |
Vatican City State | V | 31- | VA/VAT | |
Gambia (unofficial Oval list, error ?) | VAWAG | |||
Vietnam | VN | 53- | VN/VNM | |
Gold Coast, now Ghana | WAC | 32-59 now GH | ||
Gambia | WAG | 32- | GM/GMB | |
Sierra Leone | WAL | 37- | SL/SLE | |
Nigeria | WAN | 37-92 now NGR | ||
Dominica | WD | 54- | DM/DMA | |
Grenada | WG | 32- | GD/GRD | |
St Lucia | WL | 32- | LC/LCA | |
Western Samoa | WS | 62- | WS/WSM | |
St Vincent and The Grenadines | WV | 32- | VC/VCT | |
Yugoslavia | Y | 36-52 now SCG, HR, SLO, MK | ||
Yemen | YAR | begin. 70s- | YE/YEM | |
Ukraine (unofficial Oval seen in France (80s'), cyrillic ?) | YK | |||
North Yemen, now in Yemen | YMN | now in YAR | ||
Yugoslavia | YU | 52-2002 now SCG, HR, SLO, MK | 52-2002 | YU/YUG |
Venezuela | YV | 55- | VE/VEN | |
Zambia | Z | 66- | ZM/ZMB | |
South Africa | ZA | 36- | ZA/ZAF | |
Zaire (unofficial Oval seen in France) | ZAIRE | |||
Zimbabwe | ZM | end 70s now ZW | ||
Zaire, now Democratic Republic of Congo | ZR | 73-80 now CGO | ||
Zaire, now Democratic Republic of Congo | ZRE | 81-99 now CGO | ZR/ZAR | |
Zimbabwe | ZW | end 70s- | ZW/ZWE |