Gilbert "Gillie" Harrison (13 June 1858 – 9 November 1894[2]) was an English philatelist, and rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s and 1880s.
[1] He joined The Philatelic Society, London, now The Royal Philatelic Society London, in February 1889[6] and was an expert on the stamps of Afghanistan, Portuguese India, Kashmir, and on United States postal stationery.
It was reported in The London Philatelist that Harrison had spent over £4500 on his United States stamped envelope collection alone but still lacked many varieties.
[7] He won a gold medal at the London Philatelic Exhibition 1890 for his display of US stamped envelopes.
[9] His notes for a work on the early postage stamps of Afghanistan, uncompleted at the time of his death, were handed to Edward Denny Bacon and the book was eventually published by the Philatelic Society of India as The Postage Stamps of Afghanistan.