F. J. Peplow

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Frank Jukes Peplow (c. 1872–10 October 1935) was the Borough Librarian at Deptford and a keen stamp collector. He won the Crawford Medal in 1927 for The Postage Stamps of Buenos Aires and signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1933. He specialized in Argentine and Japanese stamps. With Lionel Fulcher, he engraved the first two issues of Japan and published Plates of the Stamps of Japan 1871–76 (1910). He bought important Japanese holdings from the Ferrary and Duveen sales and won the Golden Palm of Honour for his Japanese stamps at the New York Exhibition of 1926. His Japanese collection was later acquired by A.M. Tracey Woodward. In philatelic organizations, he served as Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of the Philatelic Literature Society and was a Council member of the Royal Philatelic Society London from 1910 to 1922. With Fulcher he edited The Philatelic Record, taking over from W. D. Beckton. Peplow also collected Japanese artefacts such as netsuke, metal-work, and ornamental swords. He died on 10 October 1935, unmarried and survived by two sisters; his funeral was held at All Saints’ Church, Blackheath, on 14 October.