A: Good morning, I want to send this parcel to Canada. B: Airmail or surface mail? A: How long would surface mail take, compared to airmail? B: Oh anything up to 3 or 4 months for surface mail. It depends on the sailing of the ships. Airmail would only take 1 to 2 weeks. A: How much would this parcel cost me by airmail? B: Just let me weight it for you. That‘s 2 lb. and 6oz. That’ll be 10 pounds. A: Thanks. That’ll be OK.