International Ovals, sorted by country L to R
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 |
Laos | LAO | 59- | LA/LAO | |
Latvia | LV | 91- | LV/LVA | |
Latvia | LR | 27-40 now LV | ||
Lebanon | RL | 52- | LB/LBN | |
Lebanon - Syria and Alaouites, now split | LSA | 29-31 now RL+SYR | ||
Lebanon (unofficial Oval list) | LIB | |||
Lesotho | LS | 67- | LS/LSO | |
Liberia | LB | 67- | LR/LBR | |
Liberia (unofficial Oval seen in 96, USA + Liberian plate) | RL | |||
Libya | LAR | 72- | LY/LBY | |
Libya (reported Oval in Europlate) | LAJ | |||
Libya (unofficial oval seen in France, 3 arabic characters) | in arabic | |||
Libya Benghazi, now in Libya (unofficial Oval list) | LB | now in LAR | ||
Libya Fezzan, now in Libya (unofficial Oval list) | LF | now in LAR | ||
Libya Tripoli, now in Libya (RPW3 p353) | LT | 60-71 now in LAR | ||
Liechtenstein | FL | 23- | LI/LIE | |
Lithuania | LT | 24-50 and then since : | 91- | LT/LTU |
Luxembourg | L | 11- | LU/LUX | |
Macao | MO/MAC | |||
Macedonia (then North Macedonia) |
MK | then NMK | 93-2018 | MK/MKD |
Madagascar | RM | 62- | MG/MDG | |
Malawi | MW | 65- | MW/MWI | |
Malawi (unofficial Oval list) | ML | now MW | ||
Malaysia | MAL | 67- | MY/MYS | |
Malaysia (also PMT on unofficial Oval list : error ?) | PTM | 58-67 now MAL | ||
Maldives | MV/MDV | |||
Mali | RMM | 62- | ML/MLI | |
Malta | M | 66- | MT/MLT | |
Malta | GBY | 24-66 now M | ||
Malta (unofficial Oval list) | MAL | |||
Marshall Islands | MH/MHL | |||
Martinique | MQ/MTQ | |||
Mauritania | RIM | 64- | MR/MRT | |
Mauritius | MS | 38- | MU/MUS | |
Mayotte | YT/MYT | |||
Mexico | MEX | 52- | MX/MEX | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | FM/FSM | |||
Midway Islands - NorthPacific | MI/MID reserved | |||
Moldova | MD | 93- | MD/MDA | |
Moldova (RPW3 p391) | MLD | 92 now MD | ||
Monaco | MC | 10- | MC/MCO | |
Mongolia (reported Oval in Europlate) | MNG | 2003?- | MN/MNG | |
Mongolia (reported Oval in Europlate) | MGL | 96?-2003? | MN/MNG | |
Montenegro, now in Serbia Montenegro | MN | 13-18 now in SCG | ||
Montserrat | MS/MSR | |||
Morocco | MA | 24- | MA/MAR | |
Mozambique | MOC | 32-56, and then since : | 75- | MZ/MOZ |
Myanmar, former Burma | BUR | 56- | MM/MMR | |
Namibia | NAM | 93- | NA/NAM | |
Nauru | NAU | 68- | NR/NRU | |
Navassa Islands, Caribbean | NV | |||
Nepal | NEP | 70- | NP/NPL | |
Netherlands | NL | 10- | NL/NLD | |
Netherlands Antilles | NA | 57- | AN/ANT | |
Netherlands Antilles | IN | 30-49 now NA | ||
Netherlands New Guinea - West Irian, now Indonesia | NGN | 35-63 now RI | ||
Neutral Zone, now in Saudi Arabia / Iraq | now in SA / IRQ | NT/NTZ reserved | ||
New Caledonia | NC/NCL | |||
New Zealand | NZ | 58- | NZ/NZL | |
Newfoundland, now in Canada (RPW3 p120) | NF | 38-49 now in CDN | ||
Nicaragua | NIC | 52- | NI/NIC | |
Nicaragua (unofficial Oval list) | NC | |||
Niger | RN | end 70s- | NE/NER | |
Niger | NIG | 61-80 now RN | ||
Nigeria | NGR | 92- | NG/NGA | |
Nigeria | WAN | 37-92 now NGR | ||
Niue | NU/NIU | |||
Norfolk Islands | NF/NFK | |||
North Borneo (unofficial Oval list) | NB | |||
North Borneo Colony - Sabah, now in Malaysia | CNB | 55-63 now in MAL | ||
North Korea, DPR | KP/PRK | |||
North Yemen, now in Yemen | YMN | now in YAR | ||
Northern Marianas Islands | MP/MNP | |||
Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia | NR | 38-60 now Z | ||
Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia | RNR | 60-66 now Z | ||
Norway | N | 22- | NO/NOR | |
Nyasaland, now Malawi | NP | 38-60 now MW | ||
Nyasaland, now Malawi | RNY | 60-65 now MW | ||
Oman | OM/OMN | |||
Pakistan | PK | 90s- | PK/PAK | |
Pakistan | PAK | 47-90s now PK | ||
Palau | PW/PLW | |||
Palestine Mandate, now Israel | M | 30-48 now IL | ||
Panama | PA | 52- | PA/PAN | |
Papua New Guinea | PNG | end 70s- | PG/PNG | |
Paracel Islands - China sea | PI | |||
Paraguay | PY | 52- | PY/PRY | |
Perlis, now in Malasia | PS | 33-48 now in MAL | ||
Persia, now Iran | PR | 33-56 now IR | ||
Peru | PE | 37- | PE/PER | |
Philippines | RP | 75- | PH/PHL | |
Philippines | PI | 52- end 70s now RP | ||
Pitcairn Islands - Central Pacific | PN/PCN | |||
Poland | PL | 21- | PL/POL | |
Portugal, incuding Madeira, Azore | P | 12- | PT/PRT | |
Puerto Rico (unofficial Oval seen in USA) | PR | PR/PRI | ||
Qatar | Q | 72- | QA/QAT | |
Qatar (unofficial Oval list) | QA | |||
Queen Maud Land, Norwegian Antarctica | NQ/ATN reserved | |||
Reunion | RE/REU | |||
Romania | RM | 12-30 now RO | ||
Romania | R | 30-81 now RO | ||
Romania | RO | 81- | RO/ROM | |
Ruanda-Urundi, now split | RU | 59-64 now RWA-RU | ||
Russia | R | 10-26 now RUS | ||
Russia (unofficial Oval seen in France, with flag) | R # S | |||
Russian Federation | RUS | 92- | RU/RUS | |
Rwanda | RWA | 64- | RWRWA | |
Rwanda (unofficial Oval list & reported) | RW |