Franceska Rapkin
Franceska Rapkin was a British thematic philatelist who was appointed to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1998. She was the first chairperson of the British Thematic Association.
She was a refugee with her parents from Nazi Germany.
She was the first British philatelist to win a Gold medal for a thematic exhibit which she did with her entry, "1936 Olympic Games" at ISRAPHIL ’85. In 1988, she received a second Gold model at OLYMPHILEX ’88. In 1989 she won the Congress Medal of the Association of British Philatelic Societies.
She is a member of the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame.- Guidelines for Thematic Judges and Exhibitors at Local and Federation Level
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