All Terrain Vehicle (ATV):

1986 First issue, green

1991 Second issue, red

1999 Alpha prefix

Undated c.1989, type never issued

1988

1962	1968-73 1968 base	1971-73 Undated (1969-73) base	1977 74 base
1979 Undated c.77-78 base	1982 "Maine" centered	1987 c.86-87 borderless	1989 Lobster, wide die
1999 Narrow die	2000 Wide caption	2005-07 Reissued Number	2007
2010 Another revised caption

1982 First Issue

Undated 1988 base

1993	1999 Narrow state-name die	2000 95xxxx series	2001 Wide state-name die
2011 2010-present base	2019 95xxxx series (remake)

1974

1987 c.1986-87 Borderless

1989

1976 US Bicentennial

1963 1962 base	1968-73 1968 base	1974-77 1974 base	1981-83 State name offset left
1991 Lobster, wide die	1995 Reissue number	2000 Lobster, narrow die	2005 Chickadee
2004 Chickadee, five digit

1961 1957 (undated) base

1967 1962 base	1968-73 1968 base	1974	1988
2001 1988 base, wide die	2013 Error (Graphic) Sample

1987 Prototype	1994/95 First issue, wide die	1999 Narrow die	2002 Chickadee, wide caption
2008 Narrow caption	2006 Remake, first possible number†

2002

1969-73 Undated (1969-73) base	1976 74 base, wide 'COM'	1974 No sticker box	1974 6-digit, narrow 'COM'
1981 200 series, no dash	1988 c.86-87, Borderless	1988 Border restored	1988 Lobster, wide die
1995 Narrow die	2000 Chickadee, wide caption	2001 Reissue	2003 Reissue, narrow caption
2009 1A-2345 format

2001 Conservation (Loon)

2008 Agriculture

2012 Lobster

2003 Conservation (Loon)/Vanity

1986 First Issue	1988 c. 86/87, Borderless	1999 Lobster, wide die	Undated Lobster, narrow die
2007 Chickadee	2007 Error, Incorrect Caption

1977 Sample/Prototype?

Undated F = Forestry

1977? PL = Public Lands

Undated PR = Parks & Recreation

Undated Single Digit, No Prefix Possibly State Official†

Undated 1980-89 base

Undated c.86-87 borderless

Undated 1990-present base

2007

1981-86 First issue, c. 1980	1989 1986-89 base	1989 1989 base, wide die	2002 Narrow die
2019 Wheelchair issue

1979 Undated (1978-87) base	1985 New state name die	1987 c.86-87 borderless	1990 Lobster, wide die
2000 Narrow die	2006 Chickadee

1977-79 Undated (1977-78) base

1968

1968-73 1968 base	1973 Undated (1969-73) base	1978/79 74 base	1981 Undated (1979-87) base
1988 c.86-87 borderless	1995 Lobster, wide dies	1999 Narrow dies	2001 Chickadee

1986-87 c.86-87 Borderless

1988 Border restored

1995 Lobster, narrow die

2000 1999 base

1968-73 1968 base

1973 Undated 1969-73 base

1976 Undated 1975- base

2017 2002-17 base

1968-73 68 base	1973 Undated (1969-73) base	1986 74 base	1979-82 Undated (c. 1977) base
1980-84 Undated (c. 1980) base	Undated H-1 remake, post cab fire	1993-94 Lobster wide dies, caption	1993-94 Lobster narrow dies
2002 Chickadee	2016 Chickadee, five digit

1981

1989

2001 Chickadee base, reissue

1984-86

2004-06 Production Reject

2000 First issue, decal

2006 2002-10 issue, decal

2002 2002-present base

1950

1970-71	1971-72	1975	Exp. 1980 79 base
Exp. 1981 80 base, flat	Exp. 1982 81 base	Exp. 1983 82 base	Exp. 1984 83 base
Exp. 1985 84 base	Exp. 1986 85 base	Exp. 1988 87 base	Exp. 1989 88 base
Exp. 1990 89 base

1971-73 Undated (1969-73) base	1974 Blank	1977-79 c. 76 state name offset	1981 1980 base
1987 c.86-87 Borderless	2001 88 base, narrow die	2015 2003 base

Exp. 1974 1968-74 issue, narrow state die	Exp. 1974 1968-74 issue, wide state die	Exp. 1980 Polyvend dies	Exp. 1980 Maine dies
Exp. 1988	Exp. 1992 Polyvend dies	Exp. 1993 (Q) c. 86-87 Borderless	Exp. 1993 (Q) Border replaced
Exp. 1996 (T) Narrow dies (Leap Year)	Exp. 1998 (R) A 12345 format	Exp. 1998 98 12345 format	Exp. 1996 (Q) Final A 12345 series

Undated Sample

1941

1972-73 1969-73 base	1976 74 base, no dash	1976 Undated (1975-) base	1985 Centered state name, alpha suffix
1989 1988 base	1991 Separate month/year stickers	1997 Two-alpha suffix	2001 Slogan base, c.99-present
2007 Revised state name/slogan dies

1973 1969-73 base	1978 1975-79 base	1980-83 B1 suffix = owner plate	1987 1980-87 base
2001 1988 base

1988 Ham Radio Callsign

1988	2015 Slogan base

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