Career
Unfortunately, it was in India that he contracted the pneumonia that was to kill him. Foreign Lima, he purchased the 30 reis interpane block of Brazilian Bulletin"s Eyes in 1987 at a Feldman auction. Comelli was a regular contributor to the Fakes Forgeries Experts journal of the AIEP, and in 2002 wrote a masterful history of the ownership of the Xiphopagus Triplet (The "Pack Strip") of Brazil for The London Philatelist.
Comelli was a director of the AIEP (Association Internationale des Experts en Philatélie) and was elected as a director of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie in 2008.
Foreign 17 years, he was President of the Brazilian Philatelic Chamber, and he was Editor of MOSAICO, the journal of Brazilian philately. He was a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London.
Comelli graduated in Economics (1965) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. His career was in real estate and the stock exchange and he was an executive of several companies.
As a tribute to Comelli, Spanish philatelist Arturo Ferrer arranged for Comelli to appear on a Spanish personalised stamp in 2011.
