''Le Timbre-Poste'' was the first French language philatelic

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. It was published by Jean-Baptiste Moens of Brussels from 1863 to 1900. ''Le Timbre Fiscal'' was included as a supplement from volume 17 of 1879 and incorporated from January 1897 when the whole was renamed ''Le Timbre-Poste et Le Timbre Fiscal''.Birch, Brian.
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'. 7th edition. Standish, Wigan, Brian Birch, 2013, p. 790-791. After Moens retired in 1900 it was discovered that his brother-in-law,

Louis Hanciau Louis Francois Hanciau, (9 April 1835Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011', Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011Archived here./ref> – 11 November 1924) was a Belgian philatelist who signed th ...

, had actually been responsible for most of the literary content of ''Le Timbre-Poste''.Birch, Brian.
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''. 13th edition. Standish, Wigan, Brian Birch, 2013, p. 1151.

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