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Thursday 21 April 2022

2314) "The Grand Organ, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris", France: "Treasures (or Tresors) of Notre Dame Stamp Series": La Poste, France (French Post) has issued a Postage Stamp of 1.65 Euro, depicting the historical Organ: Date of Stamp issue: 18.04.2022:

2314) "The Grand Organ, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris", France: "Treasures (or Tresors) of Notre Dame Stamp Series":  La Poste, France (French Post) has issued a Postage Stamp of 1.65 Euro, depicting the historical Organ: Date of Stamp issue: 18.04.2022:

Some other posts on the Notre dame Cathedral on this Blog:



About Treasures of Notre Dame:

The "Treasures of Notre Dame in Paris Stamp Series" commemorates the Grand Organ which is situated in Notre Dame.

One of the earliest organs at Notre-Dame, built in 1403 by Frédéric Schambantz, was rebuilt many times over the course of 300 years, however 12 pipes and some wood survive from this ancient instrument

It was replaced between 1730 and 1738 by François Thierry, and later rebuilt by François-Henri Clicquot. 

During the restoration of the cathedral by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll built a new organ, using pipework from the former instruments. The organ was operational in 1868.

In 1904, Charles Mutin modified and added several stops upon the suggestions of titular organist Louis Vierne; in 1924, an electric blower was installed, which was financed by Rolls-Royce CEO, Claude Johnson. 

An extensive restoration and cleaning was carried out by Joseph Beuchet in 1932 which mostly included changes to the Récit.

 Between 1959 and 1963, the mechanical action with Barker levers was replaced with an electric action by Jean Hermann, and a new organ console was installed.

During the following years, the stoplist was gradually modified by Robert Boisseau (who added three chamade stops: 8′, 4′, and 2′/16′ - now 8' in 1968) and Jean-Loup Boisseau after 1975, respectively - all upon the instructions of Pierre Cochereau. 

In autumn 1983, the electric combination system was disconnected due to short-circuit risk.

Between 1990 and 1992, Jean-Loup Boisseau, Bertrand Cattiaux, Philippe Émeriau, Michel Giroud, and the Société Synaptel revised and augmented the instrument throughout. A new frame for the Jean Hermann console was created. 

Between 2012 and 2014, Bertrand Cattiaux and Pascal Quoirin restored, cleaned, and modified the organ. The stop and key action was upgraded, a new frame for selected components of the Hermann-Boisseau-Cattiaux console was created, a new enclosed division ("Résonnance expressive", using pipework from the former "Petite Pédale" by Boisseau, which can now be used as a floating division), the organ case and the façade pipes were restored, and a general tuning was carried out. The current organ has 115 stops (156 ranks) on five manuals and pedal, and more than 8,000 pipes.

The great organ itself suffered very little damage (mostly to one Principal 32' pipe and loads of dust) in the fire of April 2019.

The Commemorative Stamp:

The Miniature Sheet (MS) carries the Postage Stamp of 1.65 Euro.



The Philatelic Document - gives a brief history of the Grand Organ in Notre Dame and carries a Miniature Sheet of the issue.





Posts on Coins and Stamps issued by France:














































65) Jean Baptiste Poquilin (known professionally as "Moliere"), France: 400th Birth Anniversary (1622-2022): Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint) has issued Gold and Silver Coins celebrating the milestone: Year of Coins issue: 01/2022

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70) "The Grand Organ, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France: "Treasures (or Tresors) of Notre Dame Stamp Series": La Poste, France (French Post) has issued a Postage Stamp of 1.65 Euro, depicting the historical Organ: Date of stamp issue: 18.04.2022

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