Thursday, 10. April 2003
Topic: LOST - on April 10, 2003 at 6:02:22 PM CEST
Missing: a special number plate worth R6.5m
The first London car number plate, A1, is missing, presumed lost. It's worth the equivalent of about R6.5-million and it's wanted as part of the UK celebrations for the 100th year of British automobile registrations.
The plate first appeared in 1903 on a Napier car owned by the then Earl Russell. Since then it has had a variety of owners keen on "personalised" plates but in the last few years has slipped from view.
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