Hi Nic
Might I also suggest that you check out a sight that has been mentioned here before.
www.stampalbums.com It's a great sight that for a small fee you can have access to print out album pages for any country that you would like.
You don't even have to print out every page for each country. One friend of mine only prints off the pages as he buys the stamps to go on the pages.
You can check out the sight and also print off some pages for stamps from the USA for free.
It will give you and idea of what they look like when they are printed up.
The pages can then be punched with holes to fit a binder, or slipped into protective sleeves.
Either way works well.
Happy Collecting.
Suzanne