This First Day Cover includes the same stamp discussed here. The major difference between the covers is only the cachet. The present cover's cachet shows a portrait of Couperin with an organ facade in the background. While one might hope that the facade is that of the Saint Gervais organ, with which Couperin is associated, that does not appear to be the case. This page discusses both the gallery instrument and the choir organ, neither of which resemble the instrument in the cover. Couperin was also a court organist, and the instrument could be that at court, rather than at the church.
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