Dr. Arturo Tort Nicolau (

Tortosa Tortosa (, ) is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Baix Ebre, in Catalonia, Spain. Tortosa is located at above sea level, by the Ebro river, protected on its northern side by the mountains of the Cardó Massif, of which Buinaca, one of the hi ...

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, 30 April 1878 –

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, 16 August 1950) was a

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and

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who was a specialist in the stamps of

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. He founded the Gruppo Filatelico de Reus and was responsible for the then definitive three volume guide to Spanish stamps, the ''Guia del coleccionista de sellos de correos de España''. In 1948 he was awarded the

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by the

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for the second volume of that work covering 1855–1869.''The Society's medals and honorary fellowship''. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 3. The third volume was published after his death. He was appointed to the

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in 1956.
Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011
', Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011
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Selected publications

*''Guia del coleccionista de sellos de correos de España: Vol. I 1850-54''. Barcelona: Gruppo Filatelico de Reus, 1935. *''Guia del coleccionista de sellos de correos de España: Vol. II 1855-69''. Barcelona: Gruppo Filatelico de Reus, 1945. *''Guia del coleccionista de sellos de correos de España: Vol. III 1870-1900''. Barcelona: Gruppo Filatelico de Reus, 1950.

References

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