Ticket Manufacturers Australia Numbering

Page last modified/checked: Saturday, 4th April, 2009
TMA (Ticket Manufacturers Australia) metcards first appeared during December 2003, in a limited area trial. By late February 2004, their use had become widespread, so much so that it appears they are now the major supplier of machine based cards. The TMA metcards feature a "T" designator, although the sequence and numbering of the designators are not what we are used to!

The ticket numbers are the only printing on the boxes, as illustrated above.
Numbering is presumed to have started at 000,000,001 and continue "upwards" sequentially.

Again, this list is an approximation of the numbering; any gaps in the sequence are unknown at this stage.

The list

The commas are shown to clarify the ticket number. They do not appear on the actual tickets.
Number groups (by millions) are currently shown. For details within each group, click the "details" link in the right hand column.
Remember, these are very approximate guesses of number groups and dates!!

Latest alterations are shown in RED


	Number group		Earliest date known	Front design			Details
	
0,000,001 December 2003 Handy Hints details to 1,000,000 1,000,001 February 2004 Handy Hints details to 2,000,000 2,000,001 February 2004 Handy Hints details to 3,000,000 3,000,001 April 2004 Handy Hints details to 4,000,000 4,000,001 April 2004 Handy Hints details to 5,000,000 5,000,001 June 2004 Handy Hints details to 6,000,000 ======================================================================== 6,000,001 March 2004 Flower Show details to 7,000,000 7,000,001 March 2004 Flower Show details to 8,000,000 8,000,001 March 2004 Flower Show details to 9,000,000 9,000,001 March 2004 Flower Show details to 10,000,000 10,000,001 March 2004 Flower Show details to 10,700,000 10,700,001 March 2004 Flower Show details to (Bus Issues) 11,000,000 11,000,001 March 2004 Flower Show details to (Bus Issues) 12,000,000 12,000,001 March 2004 Flower Show details to (Bus Issues) 12,700,000 ========================================================================
NOTE: Commencing with the 12.7 million number group, the designator numeral "3" has been changed to a "4", so that the designators are now shown as T-a4, T-b4, T-c4, and T-d4.
12,700,001 July 2004 Handy Hints details to 13,000,000 13,000,001 July 2004 Handy Hints details to 14,000,000 14,000,001 July 2004 Handy Hints details to 15,000,000 15,000,001 July 2004 Handy Hints details to 15,500,000 15,500,001 July 2004 Handy Hints (Bus) details to 16,000,000 16,000,001 July 2004 Handy Hints (Bus) details to 17,000,000 19,000,001 September 2004 Handy Hints details to 20,000,000 20,000,001 December 2004 Handy Hints details to 21,000,000 21,000,001 December 2004 Handy Hints details to 22,000,000 22,000,001 February 2005 Handy Hints details to 23,000,000 23,000,001 February 2005 Handy Hints details to 23,500,000 23,500,001 November 2004 Handy Hints (Bus) details to 24,000,000 24,000,001 November 2004 Handy Hints (Bus) details to 25,000,000 25,000,001 February 2005 Handy Hints details to 26,000,000 26,000,001 February 2005 Handy Hints details to 27,000,000 27,000,001 December 2004 Handy Hints (Bus) details to 28,000,000 28,000,001 March 2005 Handy Hints (Bus) details to 29,000,000
NOTE: Commencing with the 28.9 million number group, the designators have been altered to run in sequence T-a1, T-a2, T-a3, T-a4; then T-b1 to T-b4, T-c1 to T-c4 and T-d1 to T-d4.
29,000,001 December 2005 Handy Hints details to 30,000,000 30,000,001 December 2005 Handy Hints details to 31,000,000 31,000,001 December 2005 Handy Hints details to 32,000,000 32,000,001 December 2005 Handy Hints details to 33,000,000 33,000,001 May 2006 Handy Hints details to 34,000,000 34,000,001 December 2005 Handy Hints details to 35,000,000 35,000,001 February 2006 Handy Hints details to 36,000,000 36,000,001 December 2006 Handy Hints details to 37,000,000 37,000,001 February 2007 Handy Hints details to 38,000,000 38,000,001 May 2006 Handy Hints details to 39,000,000 39,000,001 June 2006 Handy Hints details to 40,000,000 40,000,001 October 2006 Handy Hints details to 41,000,000 41,000,001 March 2007 Handy Hints details to 42,000,000 42,000,001 Febraury 2007 Handy Hints details to 43,000,000 43,000,001 March 2007 Handy Hints details to 44,000,000 44,000,001 April 2007 Handy Hints details to 45,000,000 45,000,001 April 2007 Handy Hints details to 46,000,000 46,000,001 February 2007 Handy Hints details to 47,000,000 47,000,001 March 2007 Handy Hints details to 48,000,000 48,000,001 November 2007 Handy Hints details to 49,000,000 49,000,001 March 2007 Handy Hints details to 50,000,000 50,000,001 June 2007 Handy Hints details to 51,000,000 51,000,001 July 2007 Handy Hints details to 52,000,000 52,000,001 November 2007 Handy Hints details to 53,000,000 53,000,001 February 2008 Handy Hints details to 54,000,000 54,000,001 February 2008 Handy Hints details to 55,000,000 55,000,001 September 2007 Handy Hints details to 56,000,000 56,000,001 September 2007 Handy Hints details to 57,000,000 57,000,001 December 2007 Handy Hints details to 58,000,000 58,000,001 March 2008 Handy Hints details to 59,000,000 59,000,001 May 2008 Handy Hints details to 60,000,000 60,000,001 June 2008 Handy Hints details to 61,000,000 61,000,001 May 2008 Handy Hints details to 62,000,000 62,000,001 May 2008 Handy Hints details to 63,000,000 63,000,001 November 2008 Handy Hints details to 64,000,000 64,000,001 September 2008 Handy Hints details to 65,000,000 65,000,001 September 2008 Handy Hints details to 66,000,000 66,000,001 July 2008 Handy Hints details to 67,000,000 67,000,001 September 2008 Handy Hints details to 68,000,000 68,000,001 September 2008 Handy Hints details to 69,000,000 69,000,001 August 2008 Handy Hints details to 70,000,000 70,000,001 September 2008 Handy Hints details to 71,000,000 77,000,001 March 2009 Bus - Handy Hints details to 78,000,000



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