These awards are from other stamp collectors and webmasters who recognize SOSSI for the philatelic
value added to the internet.
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Philatelic Awards

Stamp Collecting's Classic Sites
These sites are "Stamp Collecting's Classic Sites" and cover their topics like no others. Each
site is a blend of quality content, demonstrating outstanding knowledge of the topic, and quality design
based on the site's usability, dependability and creativity.
The Glassine Surfer

As a continuation of its program to encourage and promote all forms of philatelic literature,
Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (the International
Philatelic Federation or FIP) is providing for an annual evaluation of philatelic Web sites. The
showcase for the 2001 results was announced in Copenhagen, Denmark at HAFNIA '01, 16-21
October. The evaluation was completed by a panel of seven accredited literature jurors from six
countries, who made the
SOSSI web site
Hors Concours.

PHILTEMA 2001
PHILTEMA was the 10th annual international exhibition of Scout thematic philately held in
Cinisello Balsamo, Italy from February 22-25, 2001. The judges awarded the
SOSSI
web site a
Gold Award for Scout Philatelic Literature.

TOP LINK OF THE WEEK
I added today your famous website to
Japhila Philatelic online magazine as TOP LINK OF THE WEEK.
Best wishes, Breta Janik

FIP Best Philatelic Web Site
As a continuation of its program to encourage and promote all forms of philatelic literature,
Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (the International
Philatelic Federation or FIP) is providing for an annual evaluation of philatelic Web sites.
The showcase for the 2000 results was ESPAÑA 2000, held in Madrid, 6-14 October. The
evaluation was completed by a panel of seven accredited literature jurors from six countries, who
awarded the
SOSSI web site the
Best Philatelic Web Site Award.
The MIDAPHIL 2000 Committee extends our appreciation and congratulations to the philatelic websites that entered our 2000
competition. This was in conjunction with the
MIDAPHIL National Stamp Show
held on October 13-15, 2000 in Lenexa, Kansas. The judges awarded the
SOSSI web site a
Gold Award with "Special Prize" indicating a highly-recommended site.
STAMPSHOW 2000 was sponsored by the
American Philatelic Society. It was held from August 24-27,
2000 in the Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence,
Rhode Island. The Literature Exhibition judges panel awarded the
SOSSI web site a
Vermeil Award in Philatelic Literature, Handbook category.
COLOPEX 2000 is a
World Series of Philately show
sponsored by the Columbus Philatelic Club, Inc., Columbus, Ohio. Held from March 31-April 2, 2000,
the Literature Exhibition judges panel awarded the
SOSSI web site a
Silver-Bronze Award in Philatelic Literature.
We are pleased to announce the honors awarded to the website entries in the 1999 competition produced
in conjunction with the
MIDAPHIL National Stamp Show held on October 22-24, 1999 in Lenexa, Kansas.

With Special Prize
The
Fédération Internationale de Philatélie conducted the first
of a once-per-year evaluation process of those philatelic Web sites whose webmasters or sponsoring
organizations wished to participate.

"The Stamp Collecting Guidesite at About.com is proud to award the About.com 'Best of the Net'
award to you and your
SOSSI web site. It
was selected because yours is a terrific mix of quality content, demonstrating outstanding knowledge of
the topic, and quality design based on the site's usability, dependability and creativity. Your
site is among the first ten Stamp Collecting 'Best of The Net'
awards." [About.com Stamp Collecting by Mike Mills no longer exists as of 10/01]

Scouts on
Stamps Society International
"A society for scouts stamps collectors.
Those who are looking for a theme (topical) to collect might also like to take a
look at this site. It have tons of information on the subject including some
articles on exhibiting. A wonderful site!"
Scouts on
Stamps Society Internationalhas been selected as a featured site in
StudyWeb as one of the
best educational resources for stamp collecting on the web by our Researchers. These pages were
nominated for
inclusion and review:
"As you would expect a well done and highly
informative site for the Scouts and Guides."