Stamps of the Year 3508Although it has neither its own currency nor any proper postal service, during Summer 3508 (2001), the Formori Community decided to set up a philatelic service in charge of issueing commemorative stamps with no postage value. These 'e-stamps', designed only to be published as graphic files, are used mostly to add a 'Formori touch' to e-mails sent by the members of the community. No actual printing of these stamps is planned for any use outside of the Internet. How to use Formori e-stamps? The e-stamps shown in this section are free for use. To place them inside an e-mail, you can either download them on your hard drive and paste them in your e-mail as any other picture, or place a link to their location on this site directly within your message. In case of any problem, feel free to contact us . |
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3508-03 Series
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A linguist teaching philology in Oxford, South-African-born British writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) is known in the whole world for his writings on the oniric world of Middle-Earth, whose masterpiece is the Lord of the Rings trilogy. These texts are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the lovers of epic fantasy.
One of the major characteristics of J.R.R.Tolkien's works is the extreme coherence of the Middle-Earth world where Celtic, Norse and Finnish influences can be found as well as elements from much more exotic cultures like the the tales from the Arabian Nights or folktales from Turkish-speaking peoples of the Central Asian steppes. Not only did J.R.R.Tolkien establish an historical line over several millennia, similar to the real world's ancient genealogies, but he also created more than twenty distinct languages (Quenya, Sindarin, Adûnaic, Khuzdul and many others), shaping their evolution through centuries, and actually built his universe on them.
J.R.R.Tolkien's texts had a tremendous influence on the re-creation works for the Formori Myth and the Formori Language.
This trilingual series (French, English and Formori), issued in the honor of this prolific author, is illustrated by a watercolor portrait drawn from a photograph and stamped with his monogram. J.R.R. Tolkien's full name is presented in Moroma writing while his portrait is flanked by the traditional greeting formula in Middle-Earth: “Elen sila lùmenn' omentielvo” (“a star shines on the hour of our meeting”) in Tengwar writing and translated in French, Formori and English.
3508-02 Series
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The tenth anniversary of the founding of the Formori Institute was celebrated in Paris on the day of Copper of the month of Honey (229-3508). As a symbol for this event, a logo was designed by Sogoln yg Ysca and Osemy yg Anthor. It represents the Tree, with ten branches to commemorate the ten years of the Institute.
On this trilingual series (French, English and Formori), the logo is presented on a leather and drapes background similar to those used on the French commemorative website.
3508-01 Series
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American writer John Holbrook Vance, better known under the name of Jack Vance, was chosen to highlight the very first series of Formori e-stamps. A wonderful storyteller, able to mix humor and an impressive erudition, Jack Vance has made us dream with many picaresque adventures in sceneries of fantasy and science-fiction. The masterpieces of his writings include several cycles such as Tschaï, Cugel and the Dying Earth, the Demon Kings, the Araminta Station, and most of all Lyonesse, in which he mentions the Formoris. Jack Vance loves to play with words and ideas. very often, this translates into spicy digressions between his characters on the occasion of exotic encounters or extravagant dinners which punctuate his texts.
This trilingual series (French, English and Formori), issued on the occasion of Jack Vance's 85th Birthday is illustrated with an ink portrait by Paul Rhoads and published by arrangement with the Vance Integral Edition, a group which compiles all of Jack Vance's writings in order to publish them as a collection of 48 volumes. We'd like to thank Mr. Rhoads and the VIE for their kind authorization to reuse this portrait.
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