North Borneo stamp collection earns Malaysian philatelist international recognition with rare gold awards
Photo: Malay Mail
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 14 — For North Borneo stamp collector William Wang, 67, the hobby known as the “King of Hobbies” is more than collecting pieces of paper, offering a way...
From the original report
His passion began at the age of 10, encouraged by his father, a school principal, as well as through exchanging stamps with school friends.
His main collection comprises North Borneo stamps issued from 1883 to 1963, alongside old envelopes, postcards, postmarks and a pre-stamp entire issued in 1845, before North Borneo produced its first stamps.
…
This is a brief of a report by another newsroom. The excerpt below is from the original.
Read the full report at Malay Mail
Malay Mail
Read the full translated article in Japanese →
Related stories
-
Anwar, Putin agree on special mechanism to expedite execution of agreements between Malaysia, Russia World9/12 08:35
-
Leapmotor B03X will arrive in Malaysia by H1 2027 – B-SUV EV, international specs like Europe, CKD in Gurun World9/11 23:02
-
From Al-Qaeda to online radicalisation: Why Malaysia must rethink the post-9/11 threat World9/11 21:57
-
MICROIP secures US$20m Taiwan smart residential project World9/11 18:34
About this story
- Source
- Malay Mail
- Originally published
- Sep 13, 2026
- Updated here
- Sep 14, 2026
- Produced by
- Malaysia Times desk (brief) — reporting by the source
- Corrections
- Corrections log · Report an error