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The Thirty years War 1630-1648 1632 By Swedish Field Post Frankfurt am Main - Mainz... ...with notation “Cito (x3) and Citis- sime” (=very urgent) to the Sw. commander Field marshal Gustaf von Horn. Address and three rows of titles in French. A Sw. FPO existed in Frankfurt am Main December 22, 1631 - September 1634, the Sw. postmaster was Johan von den Birghden. Civil letters were also handled. The notations “Cito and Citissime” were used for indication that express delivery was requested. The more “Cito” notations the faster the deliverance was requested. 1634 By courier and Swedish Field Post Stockholm - Frankfurt... Stockholm uu uu SWEDEN DEN- uu MARK Baltic Sea uu uu uu Hamburg 1634 Stettin POLAND GERMAN-ROMAN EMPIRE Leipzig Frankfurt Praha ...with arrival notation August 14, From the Sw. Government in 1634 on front by the Swedish FPO Stockholm July 5, 1634 via the (Dec. 22, 1631 - Sep. 1634) in the Sw. Post Office in Hamburg and Nördlingen city. Address and six rows of titles by the Sw. field post Hamburg - The letter route in French. Addressee was the Frankfurt am Main (a matching highest Sw. commander the Sw. content is found in the Sw. Enemy summer 1634 Sw. forces summer 1634 chancellor Axel Oxenstierna. National Archive). Sweden had its own couriers to 6 days for mail conveyance convey the mail Sweden - Hamburg - Frankfurt. Hamburg through Denmark. The first years successful war campaigns from north to The war luck was turned at the battle of Nördlingen south Germany were fought by the Sw. forces with new August 25-27, 1634. After that battle many German military tactics, more manoeuvrable infantry units protestant principalities had first their own security in and also extra manoeuvrable lighter artillery units. mind and not for the Protestantism in Germany.