NWNL SELECT VARIABLE ACCOUNT, 497J, 1999-04-29

NWNL SELECT VARIABLE ACCOUNT
497J, 1999-04-29

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JEFFREY  A. PROULX
Associate Counsel

Phone (612) 372-1810
Fax (612) 342-7531







April 29, 1999


U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004


Attention: Filing Desk


RE:      ReliaStar Select Variable Account (Select*Annuity III)
         SEC File No.   33-69892
         CIK No.   0000356778

Dear Sir or Madam:

In accordance with the provisions of Securities Act Rule 497(j) this letter
serves to certify that the most recent amendment to the registration statement
on Form N-4 for the above-captioned Registrant does not differ from that which
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) of the Securities Act.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the registration statement, which was the
most recent amendment to the registration statement, was filed electronically
with the Commission on April 16, 1999 and will become effective on April 30,
1999.

Sincerely,

ReliaStar Select Variable Account



By:      /s/ Jeffrey A. Proulx
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         Jeffrey A. Proulx
         Associate Counsel