Edith Margaret Faulstich

Edith Faulstich was inducted into the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1973.

Faulstich was also editor of: 4) Postal History Journal from May 1957 (Vol.1. No.1) to 1967, 5) Western Stamp Collector, 6) Covers, and 7) The Essay-Proof Journal.

1) 'Newark Sunday News' for 26 year (Nov. 24, 1946–1972), 2) 'The Record", Hackensack, New Jersey ( 1961–1966), 3) 'Bergen Evening Record" (January 16, 1922 -Sept 14, 1968),

Faulstich spent 25 years researching the postal mail of the American Expeditionary Forces who were forgotten about and left in Siberia, from 1917 to about 1920, after World War I. Her research, files and letters were donated to Stanford University, after her death. And, a very limited publication of her book was edited and published privately by her sons for the families of the Siberian soldiers she corresponded with.

Edith Margaret Faulstich (May 22, 1907 – September 4, 1972) of New Jersey and New York City, was a philatelist and philatelic journalist who specialized in postal history and postal covers. She encouraged the development of that field in philately.

In the beginning with her philatelic work, Faulstich wanted to know how people communicated before preprinted government stamps, before 1840. She then wanted to promote and increase awareness about the value and need for postal history.

Faulstich's family history dates back to the 16th century, with the Bollinger's coming from Berigen, Switzerland and the VanderPoel's coming from Holland. The VanderPoel family is derived from the VanderPoels who owned property and sawmills on the Hudson River and lived within the surrounding area of Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York Ref. Map of the Division of Kinderhoock, Patent Granted in 1686.