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Velology is the study and collection of vehicle tax discs, particularly of those issued in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1921 to 30 September 2014. A tax disc was a circular certificate that vehicle owners had to place on the front windscreen of road vehicles, as visual proof that vehicle tax has been paid. Similar systems exist in some other countries, such as in Ireland, but the use of automatic number plate recognition has rendered tax discs redundant in the United Kingdom. The word is a combination of the acronym VEL, for vehicle excise licence, and -ology.,〔Hill, p. 5〕 and collectors are known as velologists. ==Origins== The collection of tax discs was first popularised by Elite Registrations, dealers in vehicle number plates, and has since developed a niche following.〔 In response to the interest, a collector's magazine, ''The Velologist'', is published monthly.〔(The Velologist )〕 The study of expired and historical tax discs is also a central component of an affiliated industry: the production of replica age-appropriate tax discs for collectors of vintage and classic cars; these can be legally displayed alongside the required modern disc or Exemption certificate.〔 Collectors value specimens which are intact, unfaded and rare.〔 Those of particular interest include Emergency discs (serial number prefaced with an E, issued when supplies of normal discs were interrupted) and Welsh language discs.〔Hill, p. 50〕 Another variation was the "Farmers' disc", identified by an "F", which was displayed on agricultural vehicles.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Velology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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