THE Spice Girls feature on a collection of stamps to celebrate their 30th anniversary.

One of the 15 stamps shows them at the 1997 Brit Awards.

The Spice Girls' 30th anniversary has been celebrated by Royal Mail with a new stamp issue, with one of them showing them at the 1997 Brit Awards

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The Spice Girls’ 30th anniversary has been celebrated by Royal Mail with a new stamp issue, with one of them showing them at the 1997 Brit AwardsCredit: Supplied

The Spice Girls are only the sixth music group to feature in a dedicated stamp issue, following on from The Beatles in 2007, Pink Floyd in 2016, Queen in 2020, The Rolling Stones in 2022 and Iron Maiden in 2023.

And they are the first girl band to be celebrated by Royal Mail.

Geri Horner, Mel B, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton and Mel C said: “That’s Girl Power!”

The Spice Girls got their first No1 hit with Wannabe, which released on July 20, 1996.

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It stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for seven weeks.

The song was the first of six successive No1 hits.

The Spice Girls failed to make it seven in a row when Stop only reached No2 in 1998.

They then followed that up with three more number ones.

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Geri Horner appears on a first-class stamp

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Geri Horner appears on a first-class stampCredit: Supplied
Mel B looks cool as ever on hers

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Mel B looks cool as ever on hersCredit: Supplied
And Victoria's still included in the line-up, even if she's been the least involved with the others as of late

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And Victoria’s still included in the line-up, even if she’s been the least involved with the others as of lateCredit: Supplied
Emma Bunton looks pretty in pink

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Emma Bunton looks pretty in pinkCredit: Supplied
Mel C dons a bright orange top

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Mel C dons a bright orange topCredit: Supplied

This post first appeared on thesun.co.uk

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