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I don't know what it is, but I have some suspicions. The Railorad Commission of Texas regulates more than railroads. They have a hand in Gas and Oil drilling and transportation, pipelines of all kinds and maybe even electrical transmission lines. I suspect that the thing you have is not a license plate. Rather, it is intended to identify somepiece of equipment (pipeline valve, RR grade crossing, high tension tower, whatever) which is regulated by the commission. I suspect further that 71 TEXAS 81 is reference to the statute which gives them the authority to regulate whatever it is. Perhaps the thing never was painted. Perhaps the thing looks like a license plate because it was stamped on the same press that makes licxense plates. All guesses, but I have a lot of faith in them. Bob Netzlof
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