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The Thirty years War 1630-1648 1631 By Royal courier & warship, His Majesty the King of Sweden Gustav II Adolf, Schwedt, Germany - Stockholm, Sweden... ...with arrival notation “Stockholm April 3, 1631” on front and Royal seal on back, which was folded to the Stockholm front. Addressee was Count Palatine Johan Casimir, uu Super-intendent in Sw. official service. uu SWEDEN Royal mail to Stockholm was sent by Royal courier and a Swedish warship from Stettin. DEN- uu MARK Baltic Sea uu 1631 The Sw. King Gustav II Adolf realised already in uu uu March 1631 that he needs good communications Hamburg between him and the commanders of the Sw. armies. Mar. 1631 Stettin Schwedt Mar. 1631 Jan. 1632 POLAND The Sw. Field Post system in 1633 Magdeburg Egeln Jan. 1632 Stettin 1632 Plötzkau Hamburg Leipzig GERMAN-ROMAN EMPIRE The letter route Swedish forces Praha GERMAN-ROMAN Catholic forces EMPIRE The Sw. King and his troops marched south from Schwedt March 27, 1631. Erfurt Leipzig The Sw. Field Post system was introduced in Germany September 1631 with a few lines. It was Frankfurt later expanded with more lines and the FPOs as the Praha need increased. The map show the peak of the system. Mainz The Sw. Field Post was almost entirely used by the King, Government and officers. Sw. Field Post Sw. “civil” mail In 1634 the Sw. forces had to retreat north of Frankfurt Sw. Field Post Office and therefore closure of two FPOs and the southern Augsburg Sw. civil Post Office lines.