Stamp cover featuring Nobel Prize nominee a big hit

Historical value: Ng showing a PFS private first day cover dating back to 1966 at the Philatelic Stamps Exhibition and Fair.

GEORGE TOWN: Collectors snapped up 1,000 private souvenir covers featuring 1935 Nobel Prize nominee Dr Wu Lien Teh within two hours at the Philatelic Stamps Exhibition and Fair at The Star Pitt Street here.

The covers were issued by the Penang Philatelic Society in tribute to the achievements of Penang-born Dr Wu (1879-1960), a distinguished plague fighter who was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine.