Yukon Freighter Thru License Plates

Prior to the introduction of the Freighting Through plates in 1963, trucks freighting through the Territory were issued "T" (Truck) prefix plates. Truck plates were not transerable amongst vehicles, however, an Freightering Through plate was "transferable from one vehicle to another so that if [one wished] to register another vehicle in the Yukon Territory [they could] transfer the FT licence to this vehicle for a nominal fee of $2.00." If they did not wish to transfer the licence, the Territory was unable to provide a refund on any of their registration fee.

			Issuing Statistics 1963: unknown 1964: FT1 to FT200 1965: unknown 1966: unknown 1967: unknown 1968: unknown 1969: unknown 1970: FT1 to FT350 1971: unknown 1972: unknown 1973: unknown 1974: unknown 1975: unknown 1976: unknown 1977: unknown
1969	1970	1971
1972	1973	1974
		1977

Error Plate	Correct Plate

A minor hiccup regarding the distribution of Freighting Through plates occurred in 1964 when a new series of 200 plates was forwarded by Oakalla. The original order, which was received in January of 1963, just over two months before the end of the licencing year, had been manufactured with the words "Thru Fr'tr" on the top of the plate, which, according to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, "has no relationship to any instructions ever forwarded from this office. Oakalla was reminded that this plate needed to be printed with the letters "FT" followed by a dash and then the numbers.

In response, Oakalla stated that they were not aware of a difference between the "FT" series and the "Thru Fr'tr" plates, and noted that on one purchase order it had been specified that plates using the letters FT1 - FT200 were required, but that a more recent purchase order referenced "'Freighting Through' numbers 1 - 100". In fulfilling the order, Oakalla simply "resurrected the old Yukon die that was employed on the plates you received as per your order" of the previous year. To rectify the situation, Oakalla had the plate shop produce the required 200 plates and have them shipped within 48 hours.

While the Registrar of Motor Vehicles offered to return the error plates to Oakalla or have them destroyed, survivors exist (as can be seen above).