Place of First Registration

So the origins are here of the first place of registration for UK vehicles.
Gary - KU = Sheffield (way north of the Watford Gap)
Neil - WG = Portsmouth (nice and salty)
My Beetle - UR  = Herts
My Camper - CE = Peterborough
The Comma - WG = Stirling
All that information on a number plate hey. On the subject of Number plates it looks as if my beetle Vin has never been registered in the UK and they want to issue me with brand new age related plates making ME the FIRST registered keeper  since 1972??!!! How mad is that, it suggests that I owned it a year before I was born.