Texas...The Lone Star State

Texas Passengers 1976-1988
It gets easier, I swear. In 1987, Texas introduced the Big Red base. It had the state name in large red letters at the top, nothing fancy. These replaced the two sesquicentennial bases. In 1985, Texas issued its new baseplate, celebrating the State Sesquicentennial. The legend was on the bottom of the plate (2). A year later, in 1996, Texas moved the Sesquicentennial legend to the top of the plate (3). Dealer frames had been covering the slogan and the state wanted to remedy this. The 1975 base (issued from 1975-1984) was also still valid during this time frame. Sometime in 1976, Texas switched the separator from a star (4) to a map (5) of Texas. The state last did a general replate in 1975.
1988 (1986 Base) (2)	1988 (1986 Base) (3)	1987 (1)
1987 (1986 Base)	1987 (1975 Base) (5)	1986
1986 (1975 Base)	1985 (1975 Base)	1984
1982	1981	1980 (4)
1979	1978	1976 Star Separator 1
1976 Star Separator 2	1976 Map Separator 1	1976 Map Separator 2