The remarkable aspect of this cover is the postmark. Arles sur Tech, France is home to the Abbey of Saint Mary. Contained therein is an organ dating from the mid-1700's by Godefroy Schmidt. It has been cared for over the years and according to this site substantial work was done in 1989-1990. Bernard Cattiaux' site describes the work as
1990 : ARLES SUR TECH (66) Restauration : Schmidt 1750 : III/P 24 jeux
Further work was done in 1998, after the date of the present cover. This cover includes a rather common stamp of the era (Scott 2196), the Marianne type of 1990-1992. The whole thing is unremarkable save for the postmark. It shows a representation of the Abbey organ and the date. One wonders about the text, "Abbatiale XIe..." I am not sure enough of French idiom to know what "eleven" refers to. A stoplist is included in the page at the first link above.
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