Shanghai International Concession Licence Plate

Posted: June 12th, 2026 | No Comments »

Shanghai International Settlement (often called the International Concession as here) four-digit licence plates with identifying stickers. These were first issued in 1902. Many cars practically had three plates – these plus a French Concession “F” plate, and a plate for the surrounding Chinese-administered district idenitifable by the Nationalist China blue sky with white sun emblem.

The one shown here is for 1941 – presumably the last issued? The Japanese occupied the International Settlement on December 8th and the foreign concessions were formally dissolved never to be restarted by agreement with the Nationalists in Chongqing in 1943. This one was for a Buick.

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