Pensioners will have to 'declare in public' they are poor to get cheap Christmas stamps, campaigners say Will a pensioner have to declare in public, in a supermarket for example, that they are poor before they can get cheaper stamps? Will they have to fill in a form? Will the numbers of stamps be restricted per person? This is unworkable means testing. The federation represents the interests of over 80,000 occupational pensioners from across the country and abroad. Mr Turner said that "huge increases in the price of stamps could severely limit the means of communication for some of our poorer pensioners, who rely on the postal service to conduct their business and keep in touch with friends and family. It is this group that will be hit the hardest. Already in the grip of pension changes, rising fuel, food and transport costs, these changes will add more pressure to the "grey pound." I urge the Royal Mail to consider the impact of any changes before hiking up prices to a point that it would severely impact the lives of its most vulnerable customers. Moya Greene, Royal Mail's chief executive, told MPs on the Business, Innovation and Skills committee last week that first and second class Christmas stamps sold over the festive period will be pegged to 2011 prices for "vulnerable families." She told the MPs said over half of all consumer mail is sent over the Christmas period. She said: "For people who have very modest incomes we are going to keep Christmas mail in 2012 at the same price as Christmas mail in 2011. While we don't think there is a general affordability issue [but] it is important for all corporations to realise that this is a difficult time for many families. Royal Mail is planning to write to every household in the country later this year setting out how the scheme will operate. The scheme is to be limited to the five million people who claim pension credits and other employment-related benefits. They will most likely have to show photographic ID and their benefit entitlement letter to qualify for the stamps.