Dr. Arturo Tort Nicolau ( Tortosa, Catalonia, 30 April 1878 – Reus, 16 August 1950) was a

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and philatelist who was a specialist in the stamps of Spain. 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 Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London 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 Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1956.
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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.

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Philately of Spain 1878 births 1950 deaths People from Tortosa 20th-century Spanish physicians 19th-century Spanish people Spanish philatelists Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists {{spain-bio-stub