S.A. 2010 Plates For Sale

Soccer enthusiast and owner of the most sought-after personalised "SA2010" number plates is looking for buyers.

Amod Khan, 63, of QwaQwa in the Free State owns the number plates for eight different of the provinces.

"I am now keen to sell all the plates, besides the Free State one, which I will keep on my personal vehicle. I am on the lookout for buyers and will take the best offers," said Khan.

"With all the hype after the announcement in 2004 that we would be hosting the soccer World Cup, I went out and applied for all the plates," he said.

Khan, who runs a furniture business, said that he was very excited at the time to have acquired eight of the plates, but he now planned to capitalise on his investment.

"People who buy them from me will be proud to drive around in a car with the SA2010 registration plates.

"Whenever I drive around in my car, the number plate attracts attention."

He said he spent over R20000 to obtain the number plates and believes that they are now worth a lot more now.

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A1 KOP for Auction

Liverpool FC fans have the chance to show their devotion to the club thanks to DVLA Personalised Registrations.

A1 KOP, one of the better private plates reflecting the Liverpool football ground in will going under the auctioneers' hammer during the first DVLA public auction of 2010 set for the Haycock Hotel, Wansford, Cambridgeshire.

The event, which takes place over three days, gets underway on Wednesday, January 27, and will also feature the first of DVLA's triple O registrations with 1OOO being auctioned on Friday, January 29.

DVLA Personalised Registrations Marketing Manager, Damian Lawson, said: "Any self respecting Liverpool fan, or Kopite, will undoubtedly want to put A1 KOP on their vehicle, I don't believe we have another personalised plate in our vault which so befits a club or ground in which A1 KOP does. It doesn't matter what football team you support, the mere mention of the word KOP brings instant recognition to Liverpool FC."

In total, the forthcoming auction will comprise 1500 registrations including, ABS 41L (reserve - £350), AMG 80Y (£400), AWS 50M (£400), A1 DAF (£900), A51 EEP (£300), 816 BOS (£1,700), 8 BSA (£1,900), BU55 BYS (£900), ELT 70N (£900), EMA 11L (£400), 458 FNE (£1,500), GHO 555T (£900), HAT 80X (£450), 1 HNE (£3,200), 1 OOO (£8,000), TOW 600D (£450).

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