Surface mail from UK:

Thursday 30 September 2010
All non-European destinations except Middle East, South Africa, Far East, the USA and Canada

Tuesday 5th Ostober 2010
Middle East and Far East (except Hong Kong & Singapore)

Tuesday 19th October 2010
South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA and Canada

Tuesday 9th November 2010
Eastern Europe, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Malta and Iceland

Tuesday 23rd November 2010
Western Europe

So we have a week for USA and Canada otherwise it has to go airmail, which I think is a bit more expensive. (Having said that, I never manage to get my act together to send things surfacemail normally!)

bx