1987 - 1989 Issued License Plates
Plates issued in 1987 are black on dark reflective yellow, all made on the male-female die press.
The background consists of a reflective sheeting which was very prone to scaling. Validation stickers were issued in 1988 and 1989.
Some license plates were made using a updated manufacturing process.
This consisted of a new smaller font for the island names and "Bahamas". I believe the manufacturing process is different because of the slight indent around the numerals which does not show on plates using the larger text font. Additionally, the plates using the new text font always have less paint applied during the application process.
Here are examples of license plates made on the old and new male-female press. Number 8693 was done using the old press, 32116 using the new.