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 |