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17 May 1833 (Tournai) - 28 April 1907 (Brussels)
Note: on my website many of the
pictures can not be seen! They are of course present in the catalogue;
contact me if you want to purchase it.
Jean-Baptiste Phillipe Constant Moens was a famous Belgian stamp dealer. He published handbooks and 'Le Timbre Poste' (a philatelic journal). Some of the images of his books were used as examples by forgers to make forgeries. Also, the printing blocks, used to make this illustrations, are known to have been misused (by Moens or someone who bought them) to make 'reprints'.
Confederate States 2 c. First image shows a genuine stamp. The
second image shows a cut from a Scott album
of 1888, the third image shows a forgery based on this cut.
Actually, this 'forgery-image' Actually, very similar
'forgery-images' already appeared earlier in Le Timbre Poste of
February 1864 of Moens (page 10, or
fourth image above) and in the catalogue of Placido
Ramon de Torres "Album Illustrado para Sellos de
Correo" of 1879 (information passed to me thanks to Gerhard
Lang, 2016) on page 184 (fifth image). The Moens and de Torres
images are slightly different (see for example the arching in the
upper right ornament).
British Guiana 1856 stamp illustration of the Moens catalogue
('Les Timbres-Poste Illustres' by J.-B.Moens 1864, plate 54) on
the left and a few forgeries clearly based on this illustration.
Some illustrations from Moens and forgeries based on these
illustrations.
Victoria genuine 5 Sh stamp of 1868 and a Senf
forgery with printed perforation. I have seen it with the
perforation 'cut out' and the word "FALSCH" overprinted
with a manual cancel (see:
http://stampsofvictoria.com/laureates.php). The curly design at
the bottom of the stamp is inverted. Also the ornament at 10
o'clock is missing. This image appears to have been copied from
an illustration in the magazine Le Timbre Poste by Moens, No.68,
page 58, August 1868 (the same image also appears in the same
journal in Nr.63, March 1868, page 19).. The design of this
forgery is identical to the image given in "The illustrated
catalogue of postage stamps" by J.E.Gray (1870, page 174,
see fourth image). A similar image appears in the catalogue of Placido Ramon de Torres "Album
Illustrado para Sellos de Correo" of 1879 (information
passed to me thanks to Gerhard Lang, 2016) on page 251.
Western Australia, genuine 6 p stamp (first image). Forgery of
the 6 p (second image). Although not entirely the same, this
forgery appears to have been based on a illustration in Le Timbre
Poste by Moens from 1863, page 20 (third image). Note the white
inner outline and the slanting "S" in "SIX".
Literature:
Le Timbre Poste, stamp journal issued by Moens
from 1863 onwards
Italian Municipals; Moens, J.B. 1892 (reprinted
in 1994), 80 pages.
Les timbres de Prusse; J.B. Moens, 1887 (can be
visualized with http://www.archive.org)
Postage stamp album; J.B.Moens 1864, (in
English, can be visualized with http://www.archive.org)
http://www.moresnet.nl/english/postverkeer_en.htm
Timbres des Etats de Parme, Modene et Romagne;
Moens, J.B. 1878, 116 pages (can be downloaded with
http://www.archive.org)
Timbres des Duches de Schleswig, Holstein & Lauenburg
et de la Ville de Bergedorf; Moens, J.B. 1884, 102 pages
(http://www.archive.org).
Les Timbres de Natal L.H.J.Walker &
J.B.Moens; 1883, 70 pages (http:/www.archive.org).
Almanach du Timbre-Poste by X.Y.Z. 1886
(supplement to 'Le Timbre Poste'); in this humorous little work
fun is being made of many other stamp dealers that Moens
apparently didn't like.
Stamps - Timbres-Poste - Briefmarken
