| Franceska Rapkin | |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1936 |
| Nationality: | British |
Franceska Rapkin (15 May 1936 – 13 December 2001)[1] 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.[2]
She was a refugee with her parents from Nazi Germany.[3]
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.[4] In 1989 she won the Congress Medal of the Association of British Philatelic Societies.[5]
She is a member of the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame.[2]