Jean-Baptiste Moens

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Jean-Baptiste Moens

Jean-Baptiste Moens (born May 27, 1833 in Tournai , † April 29, 1908 in Ixelles / Elsene ) was a Belgian professional philatelist and one of the pioneers in the stamp trade.

Life

He started out as a bookseller from the age of 19. He began trading postage stamps as early as the 1850s . Well-known philatelists were among his customers and he sold a great number of philatelic rarities. He also wrote several philatelic books, partly in collaboration with Louis Hanciau, and published his own stamp catalogs. Hanciau became his business partner. From February 15, 1863 to 1900, one of the world's first philatelic journals was published with the name “Le Timbre-Poste”, whose editor was Louis Hanciau. One of his specialties were reprints and reprints of postage stamps, some with original printing plates. He also dealt in postage remains, both of which were not yet banned at the time. Both its reputation and sales were legendary. In 1898 he compiled a biography of all 19 Mauritius Post Office stamps known at the time . The Roman numbering he introduced (I – XIX) was extended to include specimens discovered later and is still valid today. In 1900 he ended his business activity.

Private life

Around 1850 Moens met his wife Sophie, née Huys. They had seven children together and adopted five other children.

literature

  • Carlrichard Brühl: History of Philately , Volume 1, Hildesheim et al., Olms 1985. ISBN 3-487-07619-5 , pp. 49-62
  • Horst Hille: Philately pioneers. Verlag Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 1995, ISBN 3-928277-17-0 , pp. 202-207
  • Lieselotte Kugler (Ed.), Andreas Hahn (Ed.): The Blue Mauritius. The meeting of the queens in Berlin. A publication of the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications 2011, exhibition catalog in German and English, ISBN 978-3-9813202-1-3 , p. 180
  • Peter Fischer: J.-B. Moens. In: Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung issue No. 23/2007, p. 45; from the article series / category: Basic Knowledge - Philately from A to Z
  • A. Leclercq, G. Waroquiers: Jean-Baptiste Moens 1833–1908 , Pere de la Philatelie, La nomenclature de son ouvre avec critères de rareté (catalog raisonné), Corneille Soeteman, Brussels 1981

Web links

Commons : Jean-Baptiste Moens  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Moens, Jean-Baptiste. In: Wolfgang Maassen (Ed.): Who is who in philately? A lexicon of well-known philatelists of the 19th and 20th centuries Century, Phil * Creativ Verlag, Schwalmtal 1999, ISBN 3-932198-32-8 , page 140
  2. ^ A b Kurt Karl Doberer : Schwarzer Einser Rote Dreier , Fackelträger-Verlag, Hanover 1967, p. 176 ff
  3. ↑ a b c d e Lieselotte Kugler (ed.), Andreas Hahn (ed.): Die Blaue Mauritius. The meeting of the queens in Berlin. A publication of the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications 2011, exhibition catalog in German and English, ISBN 978-3-9813202-1-3 , page 180
  4. ↑ http://www.klassische-philatelie.ch , accessed on September 4, 2011
  5. ↑ Horst Hille: Pioneers of Philately. Verlag Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 1995, ISBN 3-928277-17-0 , page 203
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Maassen: Philately and Associations in the 19th Century , Publisher: Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 2006, ISBN 978-3-932198-69-4 , p. 221 f
  7. ↑ Horst Hille: Pioneers of Philately. Verlag Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 1995, ISBN 3-928277-17-0 , page 204
  8. ^ A b Jan Billion, David Feldman, Andreas Hahn: The biographies of all Mauritius Post Office stamps . In: Lieselotte Kugler (Hrsg.), Andreas Hahn (Hrsg.): The Blue Mauritius - The meeting of the queens in Berlin ; P. 194
  9. ↑ a b Mark Bottu: Origin of Philatelic Literature in Belgium. In: The Philatelic Journalist des AIJP, No. 142, October 2013, pp. 19-22
personal data
SURNAME Moens, Jean-Baptiste
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian stamp dealer
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Tournai
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1908
Place of death Ixelles / Elsene