There are many stamp collecting albums with most albums and pages being available through stamp accessory suppliers. Check the display and classified advertising sections of a current stamp magazine issues like Linn's Stamp News., Meekels & Stamps, Canadian Stamp News, Stamp & Coin Mart (UK),
etc..
Stamp albums usually come in two basic formats: standard and hingeless. Standard albums display your stamps when you 'hinge' them directly to the page or by using a 'stamp mount'. Hingeless albums have the 'stamp mount' as part of the page so that there is no need to use a 'hinge' for mounting the stamp.
Some albums have fixed pages that cannot be rearranged. These are usually the best albums for beginners. Once you learn the basics of stamp collecting, you are usually ready to use a larger album with movable pages. One of the most basic fixed-page albums is Scott's Pony Express Album, which comes as part of a kit that can be thought of as a project for a beginner. The album includes spaces for stamps of the United States covering the years 1847-1993 (c.1999). The kit includes a packet of U.S. stamps, some 'stamp hinges', 'stamp tongs', a 'magnifing glass', a 'perforation gauge' and a copy of Linn's booklet for beginners, Stamp Collecting Made Easy.
What follows is an alphabetical list of stamp albums by type & title and includes notes on the album's binding and arrangement. Most of the notes are from publishers' or agents' catalogs or advertisements around the year 2000.
Pony Express Album : Scott. Similar to the Scott Stars & Stripes album; over 200 pages are printed on both sides; three-ring binder.
Stars & Stripes Stamp Album : Scott. Looseleaf in three-ring binder; pages printed on both sides; includes spaces for selected United States stamps from 1869 through 1996.
U.S. Allegiance Stamp Album : CWS. Three-ring binder format; over 240 illustrated pages; 9" x 12" page size; printed on one side; annual supplements.
See Also:
Bill Steiner's Stamp Albums Web (free US supplements since 2001)
Intermediate and Advanced United States Albums
The All-American Stamp Album : Minkus. More than 340 pages printed on one side; two-post binder; Minkus catalog numbers; spaces for regular issues, commemoratives, airmails, special deliveries, parcel post issues, special handling, postage dues, selected cut squares and stationery entires, booklet panes, and Confederate States; annual supplements through 1993.
American Heirloom U.S. Stamp Album : Mystic. Three-ring looseleaf design; two volumes; descriptive information on back of page facing stamp spaces; 870 illustrated pages with spaces for over 3,400 U.S. stamps and souvenir sheets; annual supplements.
Liberty Album : H.E. Harris. Three volumes includes U.S. regular issues, commemoratives, airmails, special delivery issues, postage dues, hunting permit stamps and selected cut squares; also includes pages for United Nations; pages printed on one side; separate pages and matching binders available for booklet panes, coil pairs or line pairs, U.S. possessions, postal stationery entires and plate blocks.
National Album : Scott. Standard pages printed on one side punched for rectangular-post or three-ring binder; includes spaces for provisionals, regular issues, commemoratives, airmails, special deliveries, parcel post issues, certified mail, special handling, postage dues, offices abroad, newspaper stamps, carrier stamps, hunting permit stamps and Confederate States; separate pages available for plate blocks, booklet panes, postal cards, cut squares, U.S. possessions, U.S. trust territories, plate number coils, U.S official joint issues, tagged varieties, small panes, gutter pairs and blocks, federal and state duck stamps, federal duck plate blocks, United Nations singles and postal stationery and U.N. imprint blocks.
Presidents United States Stamp Album : Harco. Looseleaf in plastic channel binder; approximately 140 pages printed on one side; pages fit standard three-ring binder; annual supplements.
United States of America Postage Stamp Album : Harco. Looseleaf, two-post album; approximately 140 pages printed on one side; screen printed; annual supplements.
Scott Schaubek U.S. Album : Scott. National Album format; spaces for all major U.S. stamps; chronological illustrations; uses Scott catalog numbers; hingeless format; numbered pages; padded multi-ring binder available.
Sentinel Album : CWS. Two volumes; full-color illustrations; three-ring binder; printed on one side; annual supplements.
White Ace Historical Album for the Stamps of the United States : The Washington Press. Pages have rounded corners and are housed in three-ring binders; historical text below each stamp illustration; pages printed on one side; pages for commemoratives, definitives, plate blocks, airmails, American bicentennial and revolution stamps, booklet panes, panels, souvenir sheets, Bureau souvenir cards, precancels, duck stamps, Canal Zone, Confederate States.
United States Revenue Albums
Combination Federal and State Duck Stamp Album : Scott. Looseleaf; 284 pages; rectangular-post or three-ring binder; extra space for future issues; blank pages for collateral material; regular supplements. See also Scott's National Album.
Federal Duck Stamp Album Pages : White Ace. Looseleaf, colored borders; three-hole punched; pages have rounded corners.
Hunter Type and Governors Edition State Duck Stamp Pages : Sam Houston Duck Co. Pages only; fit Scott binders.
Match and Medicine Revenue Stamp Album Pages : Michael Aldrich. Sixty pages for medicine stamps; 32 pages for match, perfume or playing card stamps; both sections available separately; three-hole punched for standard binder.
Scott Revenue Pages, Revenue Specialist : Standard Scott National Album pages for R, RB-RL, RV, RFV, RJA, RVB, RY, PN, PS, S, TS and WS numbers; 131 pages, available with or without binders.
U.S. Revenue Album Pages : Michael Aldrich. Spaces for Scott numbers R1-152 and RB1-19; 43 pages; three-hole punched for standard binder.
Canadian Stamp Albums
Canada Heirloom Album : H.E. Harris. Two-post binder; includes regular issues, commemoratives, airmails, special deliveries, Officials and provinces; annual supplements.
Master Canada Stamp Album : Scott. Two-post or three-ring binder; pages printed on one side and include Scott catalog numbers and descriptive text for each stamp or set; annual supplements.
Northstar Album : CWS. Three-ring binder format; over 285 pages in two volumes; full-color illustrations; printed on one side; annual supplements; slipcase available.
Stanley Gibbons Canada Album : Stanley Gibbons. Four-ring binder included; 22-ring binder available; standard format complete to 1990; hingeless format complete to 1995; annual supplements.
White Ace Canada Album Pages : The Washington Press. Three-post binder, pages printed on one side; uses Scott numbers; background information for all issues; separate pages for regular issues, commemoratives/airmails, Newfoundland.
(See also the section for single-country albums.)
Intermediate and Advanced Worldwide Albums
Brown International Pages : Scott. Six volumes through 1940; printed on one side; one country per page; pages fit Scott International binders; space for nearly all Scott listed stamps.
The Comprehensive World Wide Stamp Album : Minkus. Three-ring binding; over 1,300 pages printed on both sides; over 40,000 illustrations.
International Album Series : Scott. Two sizes of hinged post binders; through 1995, 31 parts housed in 52 binders; parts 1A1, 1A2, 1B1 and 1B2 cover 1840-1940; subsequent parts cover stamp issues for 10 years or fewer; beginning with 1978, one year's issues per part; pages printed both sides.
Olympian Stamp Album : Harco. Three-volume set; looseleaf; two-post binders; more than 1,000 pages; spaces for nearly 100,000 stamps; annual supplements.
Phoenix Worldwide Stamp Album : CWS. Three-ring looseleaf design; 500 illustrated pages; printed on two sides; separate title page for each of 200 countries; country locator map; annual supplements.
Statesman Album and Heirloom Statesman : H.E. Harris. Houses over 25,000 stamps; looseleaf; two-post binders with illustrated pages printed on both sides; collectors kit included; annual supplements.
Voyager Worldwide Stamp Album : Mystic. Three-ring looseleaf design; over 1,000 pages in two volumes; country names printed at top of pages; room for over 25,000 stamps; grid design for flexible arrangement.
World Deluxe Stamp Album : Harco. Looseleaf; two-post binder included; more than 360 pages printed on both sides; annual supplements.
World Senior Stamp Album : Harco. Looseleaf; two-post binder included; more than 490 pages printed on both sides; annual supplements.
World Travel Stamp Album : Harco. Looseleaf; two-post binder included; more than 200 pages printed on both sides; annual supplements.
Single Country Albums