On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:25:52 -0000, "Martin Underwood"
wrote:

"Martin Rich" wrote in message
.. .


As I understand it, the idea is to use the format XXX 01 PP from March
2051, and XXX 51 PP from September 2051 where XXX are random letters
and PP is a place designator, so the present system could actually
last until 2100

Seems logical that they simply reverse the current format, as they did in
the mid-80s when ABC 123 Y was followed by A 123 ABC.


In fact the precedent goes back much further than that: 123 ABC and in
some areas 1234 AB numbers were issued when the ABC 123 numbers
started to be used up (late 1950s). The intention to use A123 ABC
after ABC 123Y was certainly there from the inception of the year
suffix system in 1963

Martin