Getting Closer To Oct. 1, 1862

I keep hunting for that elusive Oct. 1 1862 first-day on-document usage, with no luck thus far. My earliest document has been Oct. 6, 1862, but courtesy of ebay I'm now 2 days closer.

The check below, dated Oct. 4, 1862, is signed by George Opdyke, then Mayor of New York City. The cut cancel unfortunately goes through the stamp as well as the check, but I figure the stamp itself is of nominal importance.

Even with the cut cancel, it's an attractive piece.

3 more days...

very nice

Hey that's really cool revenuecollector, and neat idea too!

Broadway Bank
1849 Established Broadway Bank
01/01/1865 Convert Federal National Broadway Bank of New York
11/01/1901 Acquire By Merger National Commercial Bank of New York
10/01/1903 Merge To Federal Mercantile National Bank of the City of New York
06/01/1912 Merge To Federal Irving National Exchange Bank of New York
08/01/1912 Name Change To Irving National Bank
01/01/1923 Convert State
01/01/1923 Name Change To Irving Bank of New York
02/07/1923 Merge To State Columbia Trust Company
02/07/1923 Name Change To Irving Bank-Columbia Trust Co.
09/17/1926 Name Change To Irving Bank and Trust Company
12/11/1926 Name Change To American Exchange Irving Trust Co.
02/01/1929 Name Change To Irving Trust Company
10/06/1989 Name Change To Bank of New York, The

Edit: Source: http://www.scripophily.com/nybankhistoryb.htm

Nothing particularly innovative on my part. 1862 usages on document are fairly scarce, and the farther back you go towards Oct. 1, 1862, the more scarce they are. October usages in particular can command very large premiums.

I just think it would be cool to own a first day of use. I've never seen one in person. They exist, as documented in Mike Mahler's book "A Catalog of United States Revenue-Stamped Documents of the Civil War Era" (American Revenue Association, 1999).