David Richard Beech MBE (born 1954) was the curator of the British Library Philatelic Collections from 1983–2013.
He is a fellow and past president of the Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL).
In 2013, it was announced that Beech was to receive the Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award for outstanding lifetime accomplishments in the field of philately.
[8] Beech was a joint founder of the International Philatelic Libraries Association.
Beech was instrumental in the Grinnell Missionary stamps being expertised by the Royal Philatelic Society London in 2002 to 2004 and arranged access to the Missionary stamps held in the Tapling Collection at the British Library.