Jean-Baptiste Moens
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Jean-Baptiste Moens (May 27, 1833 – April 28, 1908) was a Belgian philatelist and one of the first stamp dealers in the world.
Born in Tournai, as a boy Moens began stamp collecting from his family's mail and packets and at age nineteen went into the business of buying and selling new and second-hand books plus stamps in 1852 and within a decade was putting out a stamp catalog with supplemental illustrations.
In 1862 Jean-Baptiste Moens wrote the Manuel des Collectionneurs de Timbres-Poste (The Handbook for Stamp Collectors) and in February of 1863 he printed a philatelic journal titled Le Timbre-Poste, a magazine he published for thirty-eight consecutive years until 1900.
Jean-Baptiste Moens died in Ixelles in 1908 and was interred there in the Ixelles Cemetery. His passing was noted by the philatelic press, many referring to him as The Father of Philately.
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