The abbey at Landevennec was first established in the late 5th century. Its circumstances waxed and waned until the 1950's when the Benedictine order chose to reinvigorate the abbey and began adding buildings. The foundations of older parts of the abbey are still around. However a new sanctuary is the spiritual focus these days. In 1985 France issued a stamp (Scott 1973) honoring 1500 years of history at the abbey. It shows a rendering of the ancient abbey. On this cover, though, it is the cachet that is organ-related. It shows the interior of the "new" sanctuary, which includes an organ across the east wall. The cover includes the following information, "Premier Jour D'Emission No. 1421 Historique FDC." This refers to the fact that this is a first day cover, and presumably the cover is part of a series, or is perhaps #1421 in a print run of a certain number of copies of this cover. I have not been able to find out anything about the instrument, except that Jacques Berthier (of Taize fame) was somehow associated here, and recorded some of his compositions here.
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