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The plate master: J. Duncan Becksted has collected 502 licence plates from Canada, the U.S., Europe, the Dominican Republic, Japan and Tunisia. The collection is worth about $1,200
The plate master: J. Duncan Becksted has collected 502 licence plates from Canada, the U.S., Europe, the Dominican Republic, Japan and Tunisia. The collection is worth about $1,200

The plate master: J. Duncan Becksted has collected 502 licence plates from Canada, the U.S., Europe, the Dominican Republic, Japan and Tunisia. The collection is worth about $1,200

Date6/5/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: The plate master: J. Duncan Becksted has collected 502 licence plates from Canada; the U.S.; Europe; the Dominican Republic; Japan and Tunisia. The collection is worth about $1;200.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010035F
Licence Plate New XJ6 says it all as Jaguar Canada's Jim Robertson shows off the newest cat
Licence Plate New XJ6 says it all as Jaguar Canada's Jim Robertson shows off the newest cat
4/21/1987
License Plates from England, the Caribbean, the U
License Plates from England, the Caribbean, the U
6/27/1973
200 license plates
200 license plates
3/5/1983
Playing the numbers game is no joke, A penitentiary inmate somewhere played a game while making license plates and at Sudbury, Pauline Robinson found (...)
Playing the numbers game is no joke, A penitentiary inmate somewhere played a game while making license plates and at Sudbury, Pauline Robinson found (...)
2/21/1973
Too political: George Omran has been told by transportation ministry officials to return his vanity licence plates because of complaints from the public that the message NTFADA - Intifadah - is political
Too political: George Omran has been told by transportation ministry officials to return his vanity licence plates because of complaints from the public that the message NTFADA - Intifadah - is political
7/31/1991
Sight for sore eyes: Harold Bayham, a 57-year-old Torontonian, has collected almost 14,000 pairs of cast-off eyeglasses, which he takes to give away to the poor people of the Dominican Republic. He started his project with a single magazine advertisement.
Sight for sore eyes: Harold Bayham, a 57-year-old Torontonian, has collected almost 14,000 pairs of cast-off eyeglasses, which he takes to give away to the poor people of the Dominican Republic. He started his project with a single magazine advertisement.
2/28/1977
It's finally Miller time. Star columnist Jack Miller has had a long wait for his customized Own Choice licence plates. They went on sale last July 4, (...)
It's finally Miller time. Star columnist Jack Miller has had a long wait for his customized Own Choice licence plates. They went on sale last July 4, (...)
9/22/1983
License Collector Bruce Rawlins, 26, of Willowdale holds one of the prizes in his collection - a rare porcelain plate issued by Ontario in 1911 - to s(...)
License Collector Bruce Rawlins, 26, of Willowdale holds one of the prizes in his collection - a rare porcelain plate issued by Ontario in 1911 - to s(...)
3/28/1973
A 1918 Pierce-Arrow is the pride of the collection of antique cars owned by Ron Fawcett of Whitby, and he drove it 1,200 miles on holidays last year. (...)
A 1918 Pierce-Arrow is the pride of the collection of antique cars owned by Ron Fawcett of Whitby, and he drove it 1,200 miles on holidays last year. (...)
6/17/1974
'Great Plate' the 100,000th to be issued, Sound out the letters and numbers carefully and you'll get Great Plate, which is what Transportation Minis(...)
'Great Plate' the 100,000th to be issued, Sound out the letters and numbers carefully and you'll get Great Plate, which is what Transportation Minis(...)
12/16/1986
Wounded man inside car with U.S. license plates is examined by police today after a 100 m.p.h. chase along Highways 400 and 401. The man was shot thre(...)
Wounded man inside car with U.S. license plates is examined by police today after a 100 m.p.h. chase along Highways 400 and 401. The man was shot thre(...)
6/15/1976
Cover has red and green marbled paper design with red vertical border near spine. No illustrati ...
The British Mars: Containing several schemes and inventions, to be practised by land or sea against the enemies of Great-Britain. Shewing more plainly, the great advantage Britain has over other nations, by being masters at sea. In two parts . . . To which is added, an appendix, containing a scheme for manning the British Navy, with less grievance to the subject; and a scheme to employ seamen: of a copper mine near Hudson's Bay: and of discovering the North-West Passage, or determine there is no such passage; with cautions and directions. By Joseph Robson, Engineer. The whole illustrated by eleven plates
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