This cover marks Christmas 1982 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, and a new organ for the St. Nicholas Church there. The church is most famously associated with the creation of the "Silent Night, Holy Night" Christmas carol. However neither the church of that era (1818) nor the organ of legend exist now.
In 1982 the church got a new organ built by the Rieger firm. It is this organ which is commemorated on this cover from that same year. The new pipework was installed in casework from an earlier instrument of 1912. The stamp on the cover (Scott 1228) shows a creche scene from 1630 found in Vorarlberg.
Obviously this is not the instrument was is part of the "Stille Nacht" legend. A church in Oberndorf is first documented in 1160. However a fire in 1769 destroyed that church along with many other buildings. Reconstruction began right away in 1770 and was completed in 1798. Because of problems with river flooding over the next several years plans were made to demolish the church and move it to higher ground. This was done finally in 1906. Whatever organ was in the church at the beginning of the 1800's, by 1821 the Tyrolian builder Karl Mauracher declared it was mostly useless. This is just a few years after the Christmas Eve debacle (non-playing organ in 1818 which led to the creation of the famous Christmas carol). The instrument was sold off and ultimately discarded by the new owners, and replaced at St. Nicholas Church in 1825 by an instrument built by Mauracher. Franz Gruber, organist in 1818, was able to play this instrument during the latter part of his tenure (1816-1829).
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