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Telegram by The Listener to Alekos Singopoulo, requesting his permission to publish four poems by Cavafy, translated by Mavrogordatos, in the weekly magazine of the BBC. Handwritten notes on the verso, with Singopoulo's new address in Alexandria and the titles of the four poems (quite probably handwritten by Rica Singopoulo).

Telegram by The Listener to Alekos Singopoulo, asking his permission to publish two poems by Cavafy, translated by Mavrogordatos, in the weekly journal of the BBC. Blank verso. Accompanied by a small-size piece of paper of the BBC referring to the rights of the translator, Ioannis Mavrogordatos, as well as by a telegram delivery receipt to Singopoulo, dated 26/4/1939.

Typewritten letter by E. M. Forster to Rica Singopoulo on one side of a sheet, the verso of which is blank. Handwritten postscript on one side of a second sheet. Balnk verso. He informs her that the excellent, in his opinion, English translation of Cavafy's poems by Mavrogordatos is complete and that everything is ready for the publication. He considers it appropriate to make the publication bilingual (Greek/English) and thinks that it is not necessary to omit (for moral reasons) any of the poems. (Dorking)