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Missouri began a new general issue replacement base on June 16, 2008. There will be some changes that will look familiar since they are a throwback to earlier issues. The new base features an embossed month, as well a having the first letter of the registration keyed to the expiration month, however, some month letters are different from earlier issues. Passenger format is AA1 A1A, but since the plates will begin in June, the first series will be JA rather than AA, which would be a January issue. It has also been reported that personalized plates, which originally had July expirations but were later changed to January, will return to July expirations. The validation sticker will be placed in the center of the plate.
Stickers issued by the MODOR Central Office and in City of St. Louis are now printed with the plate number to prevent theft.

The first alpha on most new plates, including Passenger, RV, and Truck 6 & 12, will represent the expiration month. For plates that expire in the same month, such as Truck (18-80), the configuration will be random with no alpha representing an expiration month.

Matthew Hicks reports that some plates with a DE- (March), FE- (April), and HE- (May) prefix feature a much darker state outline and slightly darker shade of blue for the color fade on the bottom of the plates. It is unknown if this will be a universal change or just a production variation within some of the plates.
Type Plate Notes Reporter
Bluebird see notes As mentioned above, the first letter on the new base is keyed to the expiration month, as was traditionally done on earlier Missouri plates prior to the last base that is now being replaced.
Bluebird JAN AE8 P6R Prefix A, B Willie C. Brock, Jr.
8/04/10
Bluebird FEB CF5 K7N Prefix C Keith Foreman
8/23/10
Bluebird MAR DE3 X2C Prefix D, E Kent Dickerson
3/31/10
Bluebird APR FE4 C7L Prefix F, G Matthew Hicks
12/01/09
Bluebird MAY HF0 J8E Prefix H, J Kyle Wasson
6/23/10
Bluebird JUN KG8 C0J Prefix K, L Willie C. Brock, Jr.
8/08/10
Bluebird JUL MG5 G6G Prefix M, N Willie C. Brock, Jr.
1/14/10
Bluebird AUG PG3 L3Z Prefix P, R Matthew Hicks
12/02/09
Bluebird SEP SG2 H7X Prefix S, T Willie C. Brock, Jr.
2/23/10
Bluebird OCT UF9 C7V Prefix U, V Keith Foreman
3/19/10
Bluebird NOV WF8 C7R Prefix W, X
XC4 Y5N reported by KE4MAN on 2010-03-21. This is the first report of any month using the second letter. The W series is not even half used yet. 		Kent Dickerson
10/31/09
Bluebird DEC YE4 E2N Prefix Y, Z Kyle Wasson
6/15/10
1998-2008 Passenger 9DF 36L This is the new numbering format following 999 ZZZ on the original series.
Joey Hurd reports 754 AAA as a low on the original series.
758 ZZY is the high on the original series, reported by Matthew Hicks on 2008-03-03.
0AA 89T is the low on the new series, reported by Jesse Wodstrchill on 2009-01-13.
Q, U, and V series skipped. The Y series started to appear fairly early in the X series issue. The interesting thing about the Y and Z series plates is that they do not have the screened sticker boxes at the bottom, but they do have a recessed area in the center of the plate between the numbers and letters, which is where Missouri is now placing month and year stickers. The early X series plates reported so far still have the screened boxes in the lower corners, but Matthew Hicks has reported 422 XTK as the lowest steel plate with the recessed center area so far. He also reports the XLZ series at the highest he has seen in the original format. Eric Sivertsen reported 443 YBP as the lowest Y series plate seen, with no screened boxes, but with the recessed box in the middle. Matthew Hicks reports that the new plates in the Y and Z series with the recessed sticker box in the center are made of steel, but earlier issues of the current base have all been aluminum. Note: Mike Macik reports the XLY, XMN, and XNM series with both the screened sticker boxes and the recessed area in the center. Mike Macik reports that all Y (except for a short run of YZ- series that are steel) and Z series plates are aluminum, and most, if not all, X series plates are aluminum.
Matthew Hicks reports seeing 000 USA in Jefferson City on 2006-10-20, which is odd because the entire U series was skipped. This was not likely a personalized plate because it was embossed and personalized plates are flat. Mike Macik saw 000 AAA, also in embossed form, so chances are both were issued to well-connected people. Also from Mike: Some plates have sticker wells large enough to accommodate an area the size of the month and year stickers, while the majority has an area equal to two month stickers. It is very sporadic, but has been seen in nAB nnW, nBW nnM, and a few other series. 		Matthew Hicks
5/19/08
Non-passenger Plates
BL12 Truck 383 XT0 On the 1998 base, this series uses T through Z in the second letter of each series, so the progression is AT-AZ, BT-BZ, CT-CZ, etc. (started at 000 AT1 - 999 AT9) The numerical progression is 000 AT1, 000 AT2, etc. up to 999 AT9, then 000 AU1, 000 AU2, etc. Matthew Hicks
5/31/08
BL6 Truck 552 XJ8 On the 1998 base, this series uses C through S in the second letter of each series, so the progression is AC-AS, BC-BS, CC-CS, etc. (started 000 AC1 - 999 AC9)

Starting in 2008 with the new Bluebird base, there is just one Light Truck plate that replaces the L&BL 6/9/12 series plates, combines them into this one class, only different designation that can be used on these plates is the addition of a "F" sticker denoting Farm use only. As noted above, the first alpha in these plates denotes the expiration month.

New 2008 Bluebird BL 6 Truck highs:
JAN - 2AG 653 2010-01-28 Willie C. Brock, Jr.
FEB - 7CF 857 2009-06-02 Eric
MAR - 2DH 190 2010-07-02 Willie C. Brock, Jr.
APR - 9FH 206 2009-06-02 Eric
MAY - 6HH 301 2010-06-04 Willie C. Brock, Jr.
JUN - 3KJ 445 2009-08-09 Eric Sivertsen
JUL - 6ML 669 2010-02-05 Willie C. Brock, Jr.
AUG - 6PK 787 2009-08-18 J.D. Adams
SEP - 2SM 554 2010-01-20 Willie C. Brock, Jr.
OCT - 3UL 829 2010-01-08 Willie C. Brock, Jr.
NOV- 7WG 344 2009-06-02 Eric
DEC - 5YL 488 2010-02-09 Willie C. Brock, Jr. 		Eric Tanner
6/04/08
Commercial Trailer 10A 969 Bluebird base, COMM TRL embossed at the bottom
Low - 00A 271 2010-05-15 Kit 		Keith Foreman
5/30/10
Dealer D9949-A Kent Dickerson
12/18/07
Handicapped BN 86Y New Bluebird base. Handicapped symbol takes the place of what would be the first digit. Kent Dickerson
10/27/09
Heavy Truck see notes Heavy Truck 24 - 67A0YS
Heavy Truck 36 - 11B0MS
Local and BL plates do not exist anymore...just the weights, can use the "F" Farm Sticker
J.D. Adams
8/18/09
Historic 03532H New base Kent Dickerson
3/30/10
Motorcycle BH 9FJ New Bluebird base Willie C. Brock, Jr.
1/08/10
Taxi TX 1233 Flat
Black on Yellow with "checker" stripes on side. This plate only given to St Louis City & County Taxis licensed by the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission. The numerical part of the tag matches the actual medallion number of the cab. 		Bradley Gallagher
11/15/08
Trailer 81C 1GG Bluebird base with a two-year sticker. John Northup
1/02/09
Specialty Plates
Prevent Child Abuse 08AC74 Kent Dickerson
11/24/09
Retired Military - Navy F14RO Kent Dickerson
10/27/09