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| General Description : | Sammy is a popular humour Belgian comics series. It first started in 1970 in the weekly comic Spirou magazine, has been published in book form and even been the subject of several omnibus editions by Dupuis. Raoul Cauvin wrote the series while artist Berck (aka Arthur Berckmans) drew the first thirty or so adventures before being succeeded by Jean-Pol (aka Jean-Pol Van Den Broeck). Set mainly in 1920s Chicago, the series centres around freelance bodyguards Jack Attaway and his sidekick Sammy Day. Their assignments have them protecting people from all walks of life, from young children to celebrities, fighting gangsters both at home and abroad and even facing elements of fantasy and science-fiction. The real-life gangster Al Capone and his sworn enemy Eliot Ness of the "Untouchables" are also regular characters. Although occasionally violent, the emphasis of the series is on humour. |
| Face value | 16 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 2671 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 1598 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 2619 Stanley Gibbons BE 3285 Belgium BE 2619 Unificato BE 2619 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 6.000.000 |
| Issue date | 07/10/1995 |
| Designer | Arthur Berckmans |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 28.00 mm |
| Width | 40.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
