[1] Springbett was President of the Grand Prix Club,[2] a fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London, President of The Revenue Society and a former Chairman of the Stanley Gibbons company.
The alternative show would have been based at the ExCel conference centre in east London, but the project was abandoned when the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) gave the London 2010 show approved status.
He won a Grand Prix medal for his exhibit of Straits Settlements at Bangkok in 1993 and was a candidate for a Grand Prix with his Nyasaland revenue stamps in Australia in 1999 and Nyasaland key types at Istanbul 1999.
David Springbett was an insurance broker and a campaigner on behalf of Lloyds names.
He also beat the record for a circumnavigation of any kind which previously stood at 45 hours and 19 minutes.