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Posters, photos and even newspaper obituaries of Martin McGuinness for sale online

Remembering the days of devolution - this official postcard is being sold on eBay for £2.99. Picture from eBay
Remembering the days of devolution - this official postcard is being sold on eBay for £2.99. Picture from eBay Remembering the days of devolution - this official postcard is being sold on eBay for £2.99. Picture from eBay

POSTERS, photographs and even newspaper obituaries of Martin McGuinness are some of the items being sold online in the wake of his death last month.

The former IRA commander, who served as the north's deputy first minister for a decade, died on March 21 aged 66 following a short illness.

More than 100 items have gone on sale on the eBay website since his death, covering many of Mr McGuinness's political journeys over the years.

An edition of the satirical magazine Private Eye from the summer of 2012, offering a take on Mr McGuinness's meeting with Queen Elizabeth at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, is the cheapest memorabilia item at £1.29.

Posters from the Sinn Féin man's earliest forays into electoral politics are also available.

This photograph signed by Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness will set collectors back £125. Picture from eBay
This photograph signed by Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness will set collectors back £125. Picture from eBay This photograph signed by Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness will set collectors back £125. Picture from eBay

A postcard sent from the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister, when Mr McGuinness was at the helm with DUP leader Ian Paisley, costs £2.99, while newspaper obituaries, and editions covering his death, start at £3.50.

A signed photograph of Mr McGuinness from 2007, with an accompanying letter from his private office to someone seeking help with a school history project, is on sale at £40.

However, it is separate signed photos of the former deputy first minister with Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley that will set collectors back, each for sale at £125.

The most expensive item, at £150, is a 'first day cover' Royal Mail stamp from 1991 and personally signed by Martin McGuinness, former Taoiseach Charles Haughey, Cormac Murphy O'Connor, former head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, and Robert Eames, who served as Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh.

An edition of Private Eye marking Martin McGuinness's meeting with Queen Elizabeth in 2012 is just one of the items for sale online. Picture from eBay
An edition of Private Eye marking Martin McGuinness's meeting with Queen Elizabeth in 2012 is just one of the items for sale online. Picture from eBay An edition of Private Eye marking Martin McGuinness's meeting with Queen Elizabeth in 2012 is just one of the items for sale online. Picture from eBay