Thanks Ryan,
from advice elsewhere, this seems to confirm they were not
used as precancels.
Thanks for you assistance.
rodney

"Ryan Davenport" wrote in message news
Blair (TC) wrote:
On Mar 1, 2:22 am, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote:
Does anybody have proof the "pizza wheel" was EVER used as a pre-cancel,
or is that old wives tales?

hi Rodney:

you may want to pick up a copy of one of:

Date Title Editor/Publisher

1937 Les Timbre Preobliteres de Belgique 1894-1937 A. Hye DeCrom
1951 Catalogue des Preos d'Europe Jean Lepingle
1977 Liste Des Timbres Preobliteres de Belgique
1980 Catalogue des Preos Belges Lepingle/Morlion
1980 Vademecum of Belgium Precancels Dutch Study Group
1994 Catalogus der Belgische Voorafstempeligen 1894-1994 Dutch Study
Group
1997 Catelogue Officiel des Timbres Preobiliteres de Belgique,
1894-1996

Blair

My copy of the last mentioned precancel catalogue above contains no reference (that I can find) to the "pizza
wheel".
My 2007 "Officiële Belgische Postzegelcatalogus" contains the following text (presented in the original - I
struggle with Dutch / Flemish, similar enough to German that I can sort of figure it out but different enough that I'm
never too sure):

"Vanaf 10-12-1869 treft men roulette afstempelingen aan van de spaarkas om zegels te ontwaarden." (accompanied by
graphic of the cancellation)

Best guess is that this means the cancellation began in December 1869, used on stamps cancelled at the post office
savings bank.
This article on Belgian precancels mentions the savings bank cancellation only in regard to being a second cancel,
similar to US precancels that then get a regular postal cancellation stamped over top of them.

http://www.precancels.com/foreign/belgium688.htm

Ryan