A Fine State of Affairs

 Arizona is a fine state. Mainly because it became such on 2/14, qualifying it for my 2/14 collection. And here's a couple new additions to the misc. portion thereof.

Vintage open
s this. All the way back to 1953 for this Topps License Plates entry. It's pretty basic in terms of look, but it still counts.

The back is filled with facts. That's the Capitol in the pic. The population is now more than 10 times what is listed on the back. The flower remains the same, although the speed limit has increased to 65 and even 75 in some places. As for # of vehicles, wiki says it is just over 6 million, with no breakdown for "passenger cars" vs anything else.

Going forward to 1991, where there were card sets for everything, including bird stamps. 

More factoids on the back of this, including the big one for me being "Entered Union:". I also have the Oregon one in my COMC inventory right now, and it does include a 2/14 entrance date as well.

There you have it!