Álvaro Bonilla Lara (3 November 1903 – 1988)[1] won the
Lichtenstein Medal in 1965.[2] He was a lawyer by profession.[3] Bonilla Lara was a member of the
Society of Costa Rica Collectors and an expert on the
revenue stamps of Costa Rica. In 1998, his History of the Revenue Stamps of Costa Rica (1870-1970) was updated by Héctor R. Mena and Oscar C. Rohrmoser as the Costa Rica Revenue Stamp Catalogue (
ISBN0964524767).
"Los sellos de Telegrafos" in Chile Filatelico, No. 170, Junio de 1968, pp. 68-70.
History of the Revenue Stamps of Costa Rica (1870-1970). Baton Rouge, La. Society of Costa Rica Collectors, 1996.
ISBN0-9645247-3-2
A fuller listing of articles by Bonilla Lara on Costa Rican revenue philately may be found in Riley's Fiscal Philatelic Literature Handbook, June 1997.