A booster plate afixed to vehicles delivering mail in the rural areas of the province, it is thought that this particular porcelain plate was used some time in the 1940s.

In 1961, the British Columbia International Trade Fair (BCITF) organised a Car Rally that started in Montreal on the morning on Sunday April 30, 1961 and ended the following Saturday May 6, 1961, in Vancouver (with stops in Toronto, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary and Penticton).

All participants in the race were provided a rally plate to display on the front of their cars. As the Shell Oil Company of Canada was a major sponsor, its logo was included in the design. By 1967, the plate had been replaced by a decal or magnet.

The Thunderbird Rally is a winter driving adventure through snow and ice covered back roads in the British Columbia interior. Started in 1957, the Rally was part of the Canadian Rally Championship from the mid 1960's to the early 1970's, when the format of the series changed from Time Speed Distance (TSD) to stage (performance) events. The Rally was resurrected by the UBC Sports Car Club in its original format in 1987, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007 with a booster plate manufactured by Astrographic.

The 1874 "March West" by the RCMP was an arduous trek from Fort Dufferin to two points in the North West Territories, Fort Macleod and Fort Edmonton. The police force had been commissioned by the government of the day to take law and order to the Canadian west. The plate at left comes out of the Astrographic collection and we wonder if it was ever issued given the wrong dates on display?!?! The original trek was in 1874 and the anniversary trek was held in 1999! Whoops! Granted, the force itself was created in 1873, and 1998 would have been its 125th anniversary, but that it not what the plate seem to be commemorating.

In 1986, the Victoria Chapter of the Early Ford V8 Club applied and were selected to host a Western National Meet and named it "Fords and Flowers".  

There were approximately 460 Ford product cars and trucks parked all around the Victoria harbour, causeway and Legislative Assembly grounds for the event and, one assumes, displaying the type of event license plate as shown in the image at right. It is believed that the plates were made by Astrographic and display their classic die type.

In 1996, the Victoria Chapter applied and were selected to host another Western National Meet, which they named (again) "Fords 'N' Flowers".

The venue for the car display in 1996 was Clover Point, a small peninsula on Dallas Road, with the ocean surrounding the vehicles and the Olympic Mountains to the south as a backdrop.

Approximately 480 cars attended from all over North America and the logo this time around was, not surprisingly, a 1946 Ford convertible, again with a Victoria lamppost and flower baskets.  It is believed that the plates were made by Astrographic and display their classic die type.