1992 - 1997 Issued License Plates
These plates commemorated the landing of Columbus and are known as the Landfall plates. These were US made, using a stenciled background and a rounded font.
Landfall Base
Hybrid Plates
As with previous US issues, extra blanks were ordered to fill lost and additional plate requests. The government introduced a new dies for the numerals during this series, which are slightly narrower than the previous numerals. It is not uncommon for the island name and "Bahamas" to remain unpainted. Looking at the Nassau truck plate, it would seem that the stencilled years and crest on the backing blank were purposely covered with a masking tape, although it does not explain why the island name was not painted.
On rare occasions, a replacement plate using the Landfall base and older dies surfaces. In this case, the island name was even abbreviated.
Non-Stencilled Blanks
When the Landfall blanks ran out, plates using a plain yellow background and the new dies were made.
It can be confusing trying to tell the different between 1981 and 1992 plates that were both made on the male-female die press. If the plates are unstickered (as all 1981 plates were and front 1992 plates did not have sticker), comparing the colors is usually your only option.
Looking closely at the above plates, plate numbered 16988 was issued in 1981 while 18485 was issued in 1992. The 1981 plate is slightly more orange and the blue is slightly lighter.
Validation Stickers
Validation stickers were issued for the rear plate only on this series.