Results of the 2000 FIP Philatelic
Web Site Evaluation

There were 49 entries received for the evaluation of their sites, compared with 66 entries for 1999 Evaluation. These came from 19 countries (1999 - 21 countries), of which, 8 countries entered for the first time.

In comparing this year's results to last year's, there was an increase in the number of three-star sites to 40% from 26%, and a decrease in the number of two-star sites to 45% from 56%. This could well be attributed to the largely different group of sites that were entered. There were seven sites (indicated with an asterisk following their URL) that were entered in both the 1999 and 2000 evaluations. Of those, three did better this year than last year, the other four stayed at the same level.

The evaluation was completed by a team of seven accredited literature jurors from six countries in Europe and North America under the leadership of Francis Kiddle, vice-president (now president - elected 2000.10.13) of the FIP Literature Commission. The sites are listed alphabetically within each award section. Their home country is given along with the URL.

To evaluate the sites, a panel of three teams was appointed:
Team 1: Robert de Violini †, USA, and Charles Verge, Canada.
Team 2: Odd Harald Johannessen, Norway, and Juhani Olamo †, Finland.
Team 3: Francis Kiddle, UK, and Toke Nørby, Denmark.
FIP Consultant: Charles J. Peterson †, USA,

The following URLs are the URLs as they were when the sites were evaluated in 2000 - so there is no guarantee that all the URLs still are active.

FIP Best Philatelic Web Site:
Scouts on Stamps Society International*	USA
Top 5% Sites: These three sites are authorized to diplay the Top 5% Logo:
Francis Chan's Stamps Resource - With Felicitations Dakshina Kannada Philatelic Association Post Office in Paradise	Singapore India USA
3-Star Sites: These 20 sites are authorized to diplay the 3-Star Logo:
51 GU American Topical Association Arts on Stamps* Associação Filatélica Alentejo Algarve Icelandic Stamps Italian Center for Resistance Philately* Italian Federation Japhila Philatelic e-zine Les Maximaphiles Francais Ned. Bond van Filatelisten Verenigingen The New Zealand Dependencies New Zealand Philatelic Federation OPERA - A Philatelic History Po & Po* Royal Philatelic Society of Canada Timbres Suisses Tulagi (Br Solomon Islands) United States Stamp Society Vaccari The Virtual Stamp Club	China Canada Switzerland Portugal Iceland Italy Italy Czech Republic France The Netherlands Canada New Zealand Canada The Netherlands Canada Switzerland USA USA Italy USA
2-Star Sites: These 22 sites are authorized to diplay the 2-Star Logo:
American Air Mail Society* Astrophilatelie Centro Filatélico Numismático Ituzaingó The Collectors Page* Czechoslovak Philatelic Society of Great Britain Faroe Stamp Site FND Tabor Maribot Ghonegger Indepex Asiana- 2000 Kurland 1944/45* Ned Ver van Postzegelverz Philatelic Study Group of Former USSR Rossica Society The Society, El Salvador Society for Hungarian Philately Sören Andersson Stamps Stamp Net Stanley Gibbons Topical Philately UK Philately Ukrainian Electronic Stamp Album USSR Postal Stationery	USA Switzerland Argentina Brazil UK USA Slovenia Switzerland India Germany The Netherlands USA USA El Salvador USA Sweden China UK USA UK Canada Sweden
Other Sites: These three sites fell below the criteria for a 2-Star Site:
New Zealand First Day Covers Philnet Web Forum, El Salvador	USA France El Salvador

Thanks are due to Robert de Violini † for valuable comments on this page.

21.01.2023

Results of the 2000 FIP Philatelic Web Site Evaluation

Results of the 2000 FIP Philatelic
Web Site Evaluation