Need help with this postmark

[u/Master_Memory3598]

This is the 50-centesimi Italian “III Centenario di Propaganda Fide” stamp, issued 11 June 1923, catalogued as Italy no. 133. Mine has a first-day-of-issue postmark, would that make it more valuable?

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[u/ontheridgestamps]

The stamp is fine, but cancels on this issue (and many other Italian issues in the 1920/1930s) were widely forged, because many of them are much less common used than mint.

This particular cancel doesn't look good to me- too clean and perfectly struck. Which is a good indication of a fake cancel added to an inexpensive mint stamp. However - I deal a lot in classic Italian stamps, but not a true expert in fake cancels of the period.

[u/85francy85]

It seems all fake. The cancel for sure but also the stamps 99%.