Le Timbre-Poste

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Le Timbre-Poste was the first French language philatelic magazine. 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. [http://fipliterature.org/boip.PDF Bibliography of philatelic periodicals]. 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, had actually been responsible for most of the literary content of Le Timbre-Poste.Birch, Brian. [http://fipliterature.org/biographies.PDF Biographies of philatelists and dealers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406023950/http://fipliterature.org/biographies.PDF |date=2016-04-06 }}. 13th edition. Standish, Wigan, Brian Birch, 2013, p. 1151.