Maine Classic Plate
2025–presentMaine · current · “Vacationland”
The pine tree plate with the tree taken off, offered free beside it since May 2025 for drivers who wanted the plainer thing. MAINE and VACATIONLAND are printed in dark green, the serial stamped in navy, and nothing else is on the plate at all. The two bases draw from different letter blocks, so unlike most states that offer a choice, a Maine serial does tell you which plate it belongs to. The plate shown is a reconstruction carrying an invented serial, so no real registration is depicted.
Still on the road
This is a current issue, first seen in 2025 and still being handed out. Nothing about it is settled history: the serial sequence is still advancing, and the design will only stop where the state decides to replace it.
Half stamped, half printed
Run a thumb across this plate and only the serial answers. The registration is still pressed into the metal the old way, while the state name, the slogan and any artwork are printed flat onto the reflective sheeting around it. Most plates issued in America today are made like this: the part that must be legible at speed and survive a decade of weather is stamped, and the part that carries the state's personality is printed, because printing can do colour and detail that a press cannot.
Sources
Reference photograph of an issued plate from a collector listing. The state publishes only artwork for this design, carrying the word SAMPLE in place of a serial (All rights reserved, cited not reproduced). The Secretary of State's own listing of the standard issues (All rights reserved, cited not reproduced).
- Issued
- Standard issue
- The plate you received by default when you registered a vehicle.
- Serial format
- 999·AAA
- Material
- Aluminium: stamped serial on screened reflective sheeting
- Source license
- All rights reserved, cited not reproduced
- Reference
- View original