Gilbert James Allis ( 1879–1932)Who Was Who in British Philately, Association of British Philatelic Societies, 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013. Archived here. was a philatelist who was a specialist in the stamps of southern Africa. In 1931, he was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work Cape of Good Hope: Its postal history & postage stamps.The Society's medals and honorary fellowship. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 2. He was the President of the Cape Town Philatelic Society and the first signatory to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists of South Africa.RDPSA Philatelic Federation of South Africa, 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013. Archived here.

Selected publications Cape of Good Hope: Its postal history & postage stamps. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1930.

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