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mark wrote:
I think they are kept so that they can be issued in future as an 'age
related' plate. I bought an old car which had its original plate sold by
the seller prior to my arrival and was substituted with an 'age
related' plate which is not transferable.

Probably a number that was never issued. Several low density of population
areas like the NE of Scotland had unused numbers when the year letter came
in. And those are the sort that are issued as age related. *RG and *RS
from Aberdeen are two common ones.

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