Special to The Desert Sun

Since most of us own cars these days, we're all too familiar with the license plates they require. License plates are universal, used throughout the world, and come in a number of sizes, colors and alpha-numeric configurations. And since there are so many variations, they are hugely popular with collectors. The most hardcore belong to the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, a group now more than 70 years old and with thousands of members around the globe. In fact, license plate history is pretty interesting, so let's make it the topic of this week's column. Here goes.

The 20th century brought with it many things, including the automobile. In 1900, the horse-and-buggy was still the transportation standard, but early autos were starting to appear. Tha

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