Spice Girl first class stamps released to mark 30-year anniversary

05 January 2024 , 00:06

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An iconic photograph of the girl group at The Brit Awards (Image: Royal Mail)

Yo, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want... it’s a first class stamp with a Spice Girl on it, please.

That’s what Post Office staff across the land will be hearing after Royal Mail released a collection of 15 stamps to mark the Spice Girls’ 30th anniversary in 2024.

It is the first time Royal Mail has dedicated a stamp issue to a female pop group. And they are only the sixth music group to feature in a dedicated issue, following The Beatles in 2007, Pink Floyd in 2016, Queen in 2020, The Rolling Stones in 2022 and Iron Maiden in 2023.

With more than 100 million global record sales across three decades, and nine UK No1 singles, Emma Bunton, 47, Geri Halliwell, 51, Mel B, 48, Melanie C, 49, and Victoria Beckham, 49 – aka Baby, Ginger, Scary, Sporty and Posh – are one of the most successful UK bands in music history.

Sporty Spice (Royal Mail)

Ginger Spice (Royal Mail)

Their string of hits include Wannabe, Stop, Mama and Too Much.

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The main set of 10 stamps features images of the group and individual live performances from 1997 to 2012, including the 1997 BRITs and 2012 Olympics. Comp­­leting the set are a further five stamps, in a miniature sheet, from the Spice World photoshoot.

Posh Spice (Royal Mail)

Baby Spice (Royal Mail)

The stamps are available to pre-order from today. The group said: “When we formed the Spice Girls we couldn’t have dreamt that 30 years later we would be the first female group to be ­dedicated an entire stamp collection, that’s Girl Power!”

Mel B performs at The Brit Awards (Royal Mail)

David Gold, of Royal Mail, said: “We are proud to celebrate the most successful female music group ever seen.”

Mark Jefferies