Frank Jukes Peplow was Borough Librarian at Deptford and a philatelist who won the Crawford Medal

Crawford Medal

The Crawford Medal is a vermeil medal awarded by the Royal Philatelic Society London for the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of philately published in book form during the relevant period....

 from the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1927 for his work The Postage Stamps of Buenos Aires. He signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists

Roll of Distinguished Philatelists

The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists is a philatelic award of international scale, created by the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain in 1921...

 in 1933.

Argentina and Japan

Peplow was an expert on the stamps of Argentina and Japan. With Lionel Fulcher

Lionel Fulcher

Lionel William Fulcher B.Sc. was a British philatelist who co-edited, with Stanley Phillips, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, was Vice President of the International Philatelic Union and was a key figure in the Fiscal Philatelic Society...

 he plated first two issues of Japan and published the results in Plates of the Stamps of Japan 1871-76 (1910). He bought important holdings of Japan in the Ferrary

Philipp von Ferrary

Philip Ferrari de La Renotière, Duke of Gallièra was a legendary stamp collector, assembling probably the most complete worldwide collection that ever existed, or is likely to exist...

 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 subsequently acquired by A.M. Tracey Woodward.

Organised philately

In organised philately, Peplow was the Hon Secretary and Treasurer of the Philatelic Literature Society

Philatelic Literature Society

The Philatelic Literature Society was a short-lived society to promote the cause of philatelic literature among philatelists at a time when information about philately could be hard to obtain and philatelic books expensive.-Formation:...

 and a Council member of the Royal Philatelic Society London from 1910 to 1922. With Lionel Fulcher he edited The Philatelic Record, which job they took over from W.D. Beckton

Walter Dorning Beckton

Walter Dorning Beckton was a British philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. He was a Manchester Solicitor by profession in the firm of Hockin, Beckton & Hockin.-Collecting:...

.

Outside philately

Peplow collected Japanese artefacts including netsuke

Netsuke

Netsuke are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function...

, metal-work and ornamental swords. He died on 10 October 1935 and was survived by two sisters. He was unmarried. His funeral took place at All Saints' Church, Blackheath, on 14th October.

Selected publications

• Plates of the Stamps of Japan 1871-76. London: F.J. Peplow, 1910. (Privately printed - 25 copies.)
• The Postage Stamps of Buenos Aires. London: F.J. Peplow, 1925. (Privately printed - 100 copies.)
• Proofs of the Rivadavia Stamps of the Argentine Republic, 5 centavos plate C, 10 centavos plate B, 15 centavos plate B. London: Perkins, Bacon & Co.
  Perkins Bacon
  Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co was a printer of books, bank notes and postage stamps, most notable for printing the Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamps, in 1840.- Origins :...
  
  , 1925. (Limited to 50 copies.)
• "The Plates of the Stamps of Hong Kong 1862-91." in Gibbons Stamp Monthly
  Gibbons Stamp Monthly
  Gibbons Stamp Monthly is a leading British philatelic magazine which can trace its roots back to 1890. GSM is published by the famous stamps and collectables firm of Stanley Gibbons and each issue includes updates to their various catalogues....
  
  , February 1935.