View award-winning collection worth $2.5 million at stamp exhibition Singpex 2019

Singaporean Richard Tan's collection will be on display at Sngpex 2019, the 36th Asian International Stamp Exhibition, which takes place at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 31 to Aug 4. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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SINGAPORE -The auction bid started at HK$10,000 and quickly climbed to over HK$200,000.

At this point, Singaporean Richard Tan, whose arms were aching from raising his hand several times to bid, was about to throw in the towel.

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