Unveiling ceremony, Emancipation Proclamation Commemorative Stamp, 10:05AM. President John F. Kennedy unveils the design of a five-cent postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. (L-R) Berl I. Bernhard, Staff Director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Georg Olden, designer of the stamp and Vice President of McCann-Erickson advertising firm; Postmaster General J. Edward Day; and President Kennedy. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.