All Terrain Vehicle (ATV):

1986 First issue, green

1991 Second issue, red

1999 Alpha prefix

Undated c.1989, type never issued

1988

1962	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

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

1989

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

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. 1983 82 base	Exp. 1984 83 base	Exp. 1988 87 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

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

1988 Ham Radio Callsign

1988

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