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Actually, as of 2011 all first class USPS postage is non-denominated. So anyone purchasing new stamps should be covered.

When you're mailing something that needs more than one stamp, you still have to know the current value of that Forever Stamp.

That being said, the reason you can't just print postage online for anything but Priority/Express seems to be a really bad deal the USPS made with PitneyBowes.

What are Forever Stamps?

https://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/forever_stamp_f... is broken. First result on Bing and Google. Google gave me the option to Block all www.usps.com results.

Its a stamp that costs whatever first class postage is when you buy it, but it's always good for that, no matter how much the rates go up. So the Forever stamp you paid $0.44 for now, you can still use it to mail a letter in 5 years, when stamps might be $0.70.

Depending on your country and postal service these are also known more generally as "non-denominated" or "non-value indicator" postage.