Åland Islands
Åland Islands
- Capital:
- Mariehamn
- Currency:
- euro
📬 The stamp album
One stamp for every country on the map, 249 in all. None of them can be bought: each is earned by exchanging 10 letters with a pen pal who lives there.
249
stamps to collect
589
stamps in members' albums
58
countries somebody has a stamp from
How a stamp is earned
Every conversation on PenPalConnect is between two people, and every letter in it is counted once it has been delivered — airmail letters when they land, not when they are sent. When a conversation with a pen pal reaches 10 delivered letters, you earn the stamp of the country they live in, and they earn yours.
There is one stamp per country, however many pen pals you have there. A second friend in Japan is worth every bit as much as the first, but it won't put another Japanese stamp in the album — the only way to fill more pages is to write to more of the world.
Ten letters is not a lot, and it is not nothing either. It is roughly the point where two strangers stop introducing themselves and start telling each other what actually happened this week, which is why the stamp sits there: it marks a correspondence, not a signup.
Most collected
The stamps found in the most albums — usually the countries with the most members writing back.
Every stamp
Europe
47 stamps
Åland Islands
Albania
Albania
- Capital:
- Tirana
- Currency:
- Albanian lek
Andorra
Andorra
- Capital:
- Andorra la Vella
- Currency:
- euro
Austria
Austria
- Capital:
- Vienna
- Currency:
- euro
Belarus
Belarus
- Capital:
- Minsk
- Currency:
- Belarusian ruble
Belgium
Belgium
- Capital:
- Brussels
- Currency:
- euro
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Capital:
- Sarajevo
- Currency:
- convertible mark
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
- Capital:
- Sofia
- Currency:
- euro
Croatia
Croatia
- Capital:
- Zagreb
- Currency:
- euro
Czechia
Czechia
- Capital:
- Prague
- Currency:
- Czech koruna
Denmark
Denmark
- Capital:
- Copenhagen
- Currency:
- danske kroner
Estonia
Estonia
- Capital:
- Tallinn
- Currency:
- euro
Finland
Finland
- Capital:
- Helsinki
- Currency:
- euro
France
France
- Capital:
- Paris
- Currency:
- CFP Franc
Germany
Germany
- Capital:
- Berlin
- Currency:
- euro
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
- Capital:
- Gibraltar
- Currency:
- Gibraltar pound
Greece
Greece
- Capital:
- Athens
- Currency:
- euro
Guernsey
Guernsey
- Capital:
- Saint Peter Port
- Currency:
- Guernsey pound
Hungary
Hungary
- Capital:
- Budapest
- Currency:
- forint
Ireland
Ireland
- Capital:
- Dublin
- Currency:
- euro
Isle of Man
Isle of Man
- Capital:
- Douglas
- Currency:
- Manx pound
Italy
Italy
- Capital:
- Rome
- Currency:
- euro
Jersey
Jersey
- Capital:
- Saint Helier
- Currency:
- Jersey pound
Latvia
Latvia
- Capital:
- Riga
- Currency:
- euro
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
- Capital:
- Vaduz
- Currency:
- Swiss franc
Lithuania
Lithuania
- Capital:
- Vilnius
- Currency:
- euro
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
- Capital:
- Luxembourg
- Currency:
- euro
Malta
Malta
- Capital:
- Valletta
- Currency:
- euro
Moldova
Moldova
- Capital:
- Chișinău
- Currency:
- Moldovan leu
Monaco
Monaco
- Capital:
- Monaco
- Currency:
- euro
Montenegro
Montenegro
- Capital:
- Podgorica
- Currency:
- euro
Netherlands
Netherlands
- Capital:
- Amsterdam
- Currency:
- Caribische gulden
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
- Capital:
- Skopje
- Currency:
- Macedonian denar
Norway
Norway
- Capital:
- Oslo
- Currency:
- Norwegian krone
Poland
Poland
- Capital:
- Warsaw
- Currency:
- złoty
Portugal
Portugal
- Capital:
- Lisbon
- Currency:
- euro
Romania
Romania
- Capital:
- Bucharest
- Currency:
- Romanian leu
San Marino
San Marino
- Capital:
- San Marino
- Currency:
- euro
Serbia
Serbia
- Capital:
- Belgrade
- Currency:
- Serbian dinar
Slovakia
Slovakia
- Capital:
- Bratislava
- Currency:
- euro
Slovenia
Slovenia
- Capital:
- Ljubljana
- Currency:
- euro
Sweden
Sweden
- Capital:
- Stockholm
- Currency:
- Swedish krona
Switzerland
Switzerland
- Capital:
- Bern
- Currency:
- Swiss franc
Türkiye
Türkiye
- Capital:
- Ankara
- Currency:
- Turkish lira
Ukraine
Ukraine
- Capital:
- Kyiv
- Currency:
- hryvnia
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- Capital:
- London
- Currency:
- pound sterling
Vatican City
Vatican City
- Capital:
- Vatican City
- Currency:
- euro
Africa
51 stamps
Algeria
Algeria
- Capital:
- Algiers
- Currency:
- Algerian dinar
Angola
Angola
- Capital:
- Luanda
- Currency:
- kwanza
Benin
Benin
- Capital:
- Porto-Novo
- Currency:
- West African CFA franc
Botswana
Botswana
- Capital:
- Gaborone
- Currency:
- Botswana pula
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
- Capital:
- Ouagadougou
- Currency:
- West African CFA franc
Burundi
Burundi
- Capital:
- Gitega
- Currency:
- Burundian franc
Cameroon
Cameroon
- Capital:
- Yaoundé
- Currency:
- Central African CFA franc
Central African Republic
Central African Republic
- Capital:
- Bangui
- Currency:
- Central African CFA franc
Chad
Chad
- Capital:
- N'Djamena
- Currency:
- Central African CFA franc
Congo - Brazzaville
Congo - Brazzaville
- Capital:
- Brazzaville
- Currency:
- Central African CFA franc
Congo - Kinshasa
Congo - Kinshasa
- Capital:
- Kinshasa
- Currency:
- Congolese franc
Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire
- Capital:
- Yamoussoukro
- Currency:
- West African CFA franc
Djibouti
Djibouti
- Capital:
- Djibouti
- Currency:
- Djiboutian franc
Egypt
Egypt
- Capital:
- Cairo
- Currency:
- Egyptian pound
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
- Capital:
- Ciudad de la Paz
- Currency:
- Central African CFA franc
Eritrea
Eritrea
- Capital:
- Asmara
- Currency:
- nakfa
Eswatini
Eswatini
- Capital:
- Mbabane
- Currency:
- lilangeni
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
- Capital:
- Addis Ababa
- Currency:
- bir
Gabon
Gabon
- Capital:
- Libreville
- Currency:
- Central African CFA franc
Gambia
Gambia
- Capital:
- Banjul
- Currency:
- dalasi
Ghana
Ghana
- Capital:
- Accra
- Currency:
- Ghana cedi
Guinea
Guinea
- Capital:
- Conakry
- Currency:
- Guinean franc
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
- Capital:
- Bissau
- Currency:
- West African CFA franc
Kenya
Kenya
- Capital:
- Nairobi
- Currency:
- Kenyan shilling
Lesotho
Lesotho
- Capital:
- Maseru
- Currency:
- loti
Liberia
Liberia
- Capital:
- Monrovia
- Currency:
- Liberian dollar
Libya
Libya
- Capital:
- Tripoli
- Currency:
- Libyan dinar
Malawi
Malawi
- Capital:
- Lilongwe
- Currency:
- Malawian kwacha
Mali
Mali
- Capital:
- Bamako
- Currency:
- West African CFA franc
Mauritania
Mauritania
- Capital:
- Nouakchott
- Currency:
- Mauritanian ouguiya
Morocco
Morocco
- Capital:
- Rabat
- Currency:
- Moroccan dirham
Mozambique
Mozambique
- Capital:
- Maputo
- Currency:
- Mozambican metical
Namibia
Namibia
- Capital:
- Windhoek
- Currency:
- Namibian dollar
Niger
Niger
- Capital:
- Niamey
- Currency:
- West African CFA franc
Nigeria
Nigeria
- Capital:
- Abuja
- Currency:
- naira
Rwanda
Rwanda
- Capital:
- Kigali
- Currency:
- Rwandan franc
São Tomé & Príncipe
São Tomé & Príncipe
- Capital:
- São Tomé
- Currency:
- São Tomé and Príncipe dobra
Senegal
Senegal
- Capital:
- Dakar
- Currency:
- West African CFA franc
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
- Capital:
- Freetown
- Currency:
- leone
Somalia
Somalia
- Capital:
- Mogadishu
- Currency:
- Somali shilling
South Africa
South Africa
- Capital:
- Pretoria
- Currency:
- rand
South Sudan
South Sudan
- Capital:
- Juba
- Currency:
- South Sudanese pound
Spain
Spain
- Capital:
- Madrid
- Currency:
- euro
Sudan
Sudan
- Capital:
- Khartoum
- Currency:
- Sudanese pound
Tanzania
Tanzania
- Capital:
- Dodoma
- Currency:
- Tanzanian shilling
Togo
Togo
- Capital:
- Lomé
- Currency:
- West African CFA franc
Tunisia
Tunisia
- Capital:
- Tunis
- Currency:
- Tunisian dinar
Uganda
Uganda
- Capital:
- Kampala
- Currency:
- Ugandan shilling
Western Sahara
Western Sahara
- Currency:
- Sahrawi peseta
Zambia
Zambia
- Capital:
- Lusaka
- Currency:
- Zambian Kwacha
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
- Capital:
- Harare
- Currency:
- Zimbabwe ZiG
Asia
50 stamps
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
- Capital:
- Kabul
- Currency:
- AFN
Armenia
Armenia
- Capital:
- Yerevan
- Currency:
- Armenian dram
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
- Capital:
- Baku
- Currency:
- Azerbaijani manat
Bahrain
Bahrain
- Capital:
- Manama
- Currency:
- Bahraini dinar
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
- Capital:
- Dhaka
- Currency:
- Bangladeshi taka
Bhutan
Bhutan
- Capital:
- Thimphu
- Currency:
- ngultrum
Brunei
Brunei
- Capital:
- Bandar Seri Begawan
- Currency:
- Brunei dollar
Cambodia
Cambodia
- Capital:
- Phnom Penh
- Currency:
- KHR
China
China
- Capital:
- Beijing
- Currency:
- renminbi
Cyprus
Cyprus
- Capital:
- Nicosia
- Currency:
- euro
Georgia
Georgia
- Capital:
- Tbilisi
- Currency:
- Georgian lari
Hong Kong SAR China
Hong Kong SAR China
- Currency:
- Hong Kong dollar
India
India
- Capital:
- New Delhi
- Currency:
- Indian rupee
Indonesia
Indonesia
- Capital:
- Jakarta
- Currency:
- rupiah
Iran
Iran
- Capital:
- Tehran
- Currency:
- Iranian rial
Iraq
Iraq
- Capital:
- Baghdad
- Currency:
- Iraqi dinar
Israel
Israel
- Capital:
- Jerusalem
- Currency:
- new shekel
Japan
Japan
- Capital:
- Tokyo
- Currency:
- yen
Jordan
Jordan
- Capital:
- Amman
- Currency:
- Jordanian dinar
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
- Capital:
- Astana
- Currency:
- Kazakhstani tenge
Kuwait
Kuwait
- Capital:
- Kuwait City
- Currency:
- Kuwaiti dinar
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
- Capital:
- Bishkek
- Currency:
- Kyrgyz som
Laos
Laos
- Capital:
- Vientiane
- Currency:
- Lao kip
Lebanon
Lebanon
- Capital:
- Beirut
- Currency:
- Lebanese pound
Macao SAR China
Macao SAR China
- Currency:
- Macanese pataca
Malaysia
Malaysia
- Capital:
- Kuala Lumpur
- Currency:
- Malaysian ringgit
Mongolia
Mongolia
- Capital:
- Ulaanbaatar
- Currency:
- tögrög
Myanmar (Burma)
Myanmar (Burma)
- Capital:
- Naypyidaw
- Currency:
- kyat
Nepal
Nepal
- Capital:
- Kathmandu
- Currency:
- Nepalese rupee
North Korea
North Korea
- Capital:
- Pyongyang
- Currency:
- North Korean won
Oman
Oman
- Capital:
- Muscat
- Currency:
- Omani rial
Pakistan
Pakistan
- Capital:
- Islāmābād
- Currency:
- Pakistani rupee
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian Territories
- Capital:
- Ramallah
- Currency:
- new shekel
Philippines
Philippines
- Capital:
- Manila
- Currency:
- Philippine peso
Qatar
Qatar
- Capital:
- Doha
- Currency:
- Qatari riyal
Russia
Russia
- Capital:
- Moscow
- Currency:
- Russian ruble
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
- Capital:
- Riyadh
- Currency:
- Saudi riyal
Singapore
Singapore
- Capital:
- Singapore
- Currency:
- Singapore dollar
South Korea
South Korea
- Capital:
- Seoul
- Currency:
- Korean mun
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
- Capital:
- Colombo
- Currency:
- Sri Lankan rupee
Syria
Syria
- Capital:
- Damascus
- Currency:
- Syrian pound
Taiwan
Taiwan
- Capital:
- Taipei
- Currency:
- New Taiwan dollar
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
- Capital:
- Dushanbe
- Currency:
- Tajikistani somoni
Thailand
Thailand
- Capital:
- Bangkok
- Currency:
- baht
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
- Capital:
- Dili
- Currency:
- East Timor centavo coins
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
- Capital:
- Ashgabat
- Currency:
- Turkmenistan new manat
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
- Capital:
- Abu Dhabi
- Currency:
- United Arab Emirates dirham
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
- Capital:
- Tashkent
- Currency:
- Uzbek som
Vietnam
Vietnam
- Capital:
- Hanoi
- Currency:
- Vietnamese đồng
Yemen
Yemen
- Capital:
- Sanaa
- Currency:
- Yemeni Rial
The Americas
53 stamps
Anguilla
Anguilla
- Capital:
- The Valley
- Currency:
- Eastern Caribbean dollar
Antigua & Barbuda
Antigua & Barbuda
- Capital:
- St. John's
- Currency:
- Eastern Caribbean dollar
Argentina
Argentina
- Capital:
- Buenos Aires
- Currency:
- Argentine convertible peso
Aruba
Aruba
- Capital:
- Oranjestad
- Currency:
- Aruban florin
Bahamas
Bahamas
- Capital:
- Nassau
- Currency:
- Bahamian dollar
Barbados
Barbados
- Capital:
- Bridgetown
- Currency:
- Barbadian dollar
Belize
Belize
- Capital:
- Belmopan
- Currency:
- Belize dollar
Bolivia
Bolivia
- Capital:
- La Paz
- Currency:
- boliviano
Brazil
Brazil
- Capital:
- Brasília
- Currency:
- Brazilian real
British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
- Capital:
- Road Town
- Currency:
- United States dollar
Canada
Canada
- Capital:
- Ottawa
- Currency:
- Canadian dollar
Caribbean Netherlands
Caribbean Netherlands
- Currency:
- United States dollar
Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands
- Capital:
- George Town
- Currency:
- Cayman Islands dollar
Chile
Chile
- Capital:
- Santiago
- Currency:
- Chilean peso
Colombia
Colombia
- Capital:
- Bogotá
- Currency:
- Colombian peso
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
- Capital:
- San José
- Currency:
- Costa Rican colón
Cuba
Cuba
- Capital:
- Havana
- Currency:
- Cuban peso
Curaçao
Curaçao
- Capital:
- Willemstad
- Currency:
- Caribische gulden
Dominica
Dominica
- Capital:
- Roseau
- Currency:
- Eastern Caribbean dollar
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
- Capital:
- Santo Domingo
- Currency:
- Dominican peso
Ecuador
Ecuador
- Capital:
- Quito
- Currency:
- United States dollar
El Salvador
El Salvador
- Capital:
- San Salvador
- Currency:
- Bitcoin
French Guiana
French Guiana
- Capital:
- Cayenne
- Currency:
- euro
Greenland
Greenland
- Capital:
- Nuuk
- Currency:
- danske kroner
Grenada
Grenada
- Capital:
- St. George's
- Currency:
- Eastern Caribbean dollar
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
- Capital:
- Basse-Terre
- Currency:
- euro
Guatemala
Guatemala
- Capital:
- Guatemala City
- Currency:
- quetzal
Guyana
Guyana
- Capital:
- Georgetown
- Currency:
- Guyanese dollar
Haiti
Haiti
- Capital:
- Port-au-Prince
- Currency:
- gourde
Honduras
Honduras
- Capital:
- Tegucigalpa
- Currency:
- Honduran lempira
Jamaica
Jamaica
- Capital:
- Kingston
- Currency:
- Jamaican dollar
Martinique
Martinique
- Capital:
- Fort-de-France
- Currency:
- euro
Mexico
Mexico
- Capital:
- Mexico City
- Currency:
- peso
Montserrat
Montserrat
- Capital:
- Plymouth
- Currency:
- Eastern Caribbean dollar
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
- Capital:
- Managua
- Currency:
- Nicaraguan córdoba
Panama
Panama
- Capital:
- Panama City
- Currency:
- Panamanian balboa
Paraguay
Paraguay
- Capital:
- Asunción
- Currency:
- Paraguayan guaraní
Peru
Peru
- Capital:
- Lima
- Currency:
- Nuevo sol
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
- Capital:
- San Juan
- Currency:
- United States dollar
Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten
- Capital:
- Philipsburg
- Currency:
- Caribische gulden
St. Barthélemy
St. Barthélemy
- Capital:
- Gustavia
- Currency:
- euro
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis
- Capital:
- Basseterre
- Currency:
- Eastern Caribbean dollar
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
- Capital:
- Castries
- Currency:
- Eastern Caribbean dollar
St. Martin
St. Martin
- Capital:
- Marigot
- Currency:
- euro
St. Pierre & Miquelon
St. Pierre & Miquelon
- Capital:
- Saint-Pierre
- Currency:
- euro
St. Vincent & Grenadines
St. Vincent & Grenadines
- Capital:
- Kingstown
- Currency:
- Eastern Caribbean dollar
Suriname
Suriname
- Capital:
- Paramaribo
- Currency:
- Surinamese dollar
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
- Capital:
- Port of Spain
- Currency:
- Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Turks & Caicos Islands
Turks & Caicos Islands
- Capital:
- Cockburn Town
- Currency:
- United States dollar
U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
- Capital:
- Charlotte Amalie
- Currency:
- United States dollar
United States
United States
- Capital:
- Washington, D.C.
- Currency:
- United States dollar
Uruguay
Uruguay
- Capital:
- Montevideo
- Currency:
- Uruguayan peso
Venezuela
Venezuela
- Capital:
- Caracas
- Currency:
- sovereign bolivar
Oceania
26 stamps
American Samoa
American Samoa
- Capital:
- Pago Pago
- Currency:
- United States dollar
Australia
Australia
- Capital:
- Canberra
- Currency:
- Australian dollar
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
- Capital:
- Avarua
- Currency:
- Cook Islands dollar
Fiji
Fiji
- Capital:
- Suva
- Currency:
- Fijian dollar
French Polynesia
French Polynesia
- Capital:
- Papeete
- Currency:
- CFP Franc
Guam
Guam
- Capital:
- Hagåtña
- Currency:
- United States dollar
Kiribati
Kiribati
- Capital:
- South Tarawa
- Currency:
- Kiribati dollar
Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
- Capital:
- Majuro
- Currency:
- SOV
Micronesia
Micronesia
- Capital:
- Palikir
- Currency:
- United States dollar
Nauru
Nauru
- Capital:
- Yaren District
- Currency:
- Australian dollar
New Caledonia
New Caledonia
- Capital:
- Nouméa
- Currency:
- CFP Franc
New Zealand
New Zealand
- Capital:
- Wellington
- Currency:
- New Zealand dollar
Niue
Niue
- Capital:
- Alofi
- Currency:
- New Zealand dollar
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island
- Capital:
- Kingston
- Currency:
- Australian dollar
Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
- Capital:
- Saipan
- Currency:
- United States dollar
Palau
Palau
- Capital:
- Ngerulmud
- Currency:
- United States dollar
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
- Capital:
- Port Moresby
- Currency:
- kina
Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands
- Capital:
- Adamstown
- Currency:
- New Zealand dollar
Samoa
Samoa
- Capital:
- Apia
- Currency:
- Samoan tālā
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
- Capital:
- Honiara
- Currency:
- Solomon Islands dollar
Tokelau
Tokelau
- Currency:
- New Zealand dollar
Tonga
Tonga
- Capital:
- Nukuʻalofa
- Currency:
- Tongan paʻanga
Tuvalu
Tuvalu
- Capital:
- Funafuti
- Currency:
- Australian dollar
U.S. Outlying Islands
U.S. Outlying Islands
- Currency:
- United States dollar
Vanuatu
Vanuatu
- Capital:
- Port Vila
- Currency:
- Vanuatu vatus
Wallis & Futuna
Wallis & Futuna
- Capital:
- Mata-Utu
- Currency:
- CFP Franc
Elsewhere
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Antarctica
Antarctica
Bermuda
Bermuda
- Capital:
- Hamilton
- Currency:
- Bermudian dollar
Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
- Capital:
- Diego Garcia
- Currency:
- pound sterling
Cape Verde
Cape Verde
- Capital:
- Praia
- Currency:
- Cape Verdean escudo
Christmas Island
Christmas Island
- Capital:
- Flying Fish Cove
- Currency:
- Australian dollar
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Capital:
- West Island
- Currency:
- Australian dollar
Comoros
Comoros
- Capital:
- Moroni
- Currency:
- Comorian franc
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands
- Capital:
- Stanley
- Currency:
- Falkland Islands pound
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
- Capital:
- Tórshavn
- Currency:
- Faroese króna
French Southern Territories
French Southern Territories
- Capital:
- Port-aux-Français
- Currency:
- euro
Heard & McDonald Islands
Heard & McDonald Islands
Iceland
Iceland
- Capital:
- Reykjavík
- Currency:
- Icelandic króna
Madagascar
Madagascar
- Capital:
- Antananarivo
- Currency:
- ariary
Maldives
Maldives
- Capital:
- Malé
- Currency:
- Maldivian rufiyaa
Mauritius
Mauritius
- Capital:
- Port Louis
- Currency:
- Mauritian rupee
Mayotte
Mayotte
- Capital:
- Mamoudzou
- Currency:
- euro
Réunion
Réunion
- Capital:
- Saint-Denis
- Currency:
- euro
Seychelles
Seychelles
- Capital:
- Victoria
- Currency:
- Seychellois rupee
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
- Capital:
- King Edward Point
- Currency:
- pound sterling
St. Helena
St. Helena
- Capital:
- Jamestown
- Currency:
- Saint Helena pound
Svalbard & Jan Mayen
Svalbard & Jan Mayen
- Currency:
- Norwegian krone
No country by that name. Try its English name — the album is filed that way.
What the badges mean
"In 12 albums" means twelve different members hold that stamp — twelve people who have each had a real correspondence with somebody in that country. A stamp only shows its count once at least 3 members hold it. Below that it is marked rare: the number would be small enough to point at particular people, and a stamp album is not the place to find out who writes to whom.
"Not collected yet" means nobody has earned it. Often that is simply because nobody lives there yet — and where somebody does, the first ten-letter correspondence with them is still waiting to be written.
Why stamps at all
Letters used to arrive covered in them. A stamp told you where a letter had come from before you opened it, and people kept them for exactly that reason: a drawer of stamps is a record of everybody who ever wrote to you. The album here is the same idea without the envelope. It does nothing except mark the thing you were already doing — but after a year of writing, it is a nice thing to look back through.
Start your own album
Find a pen pal somewhere you have never been, and write until the stamp is yours.