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[MML BAY STATE LETTERHEAD APPEARS HERE]
May 4, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: MML Bay State Life Insurance Company
MML Bay State Variable Life Separate Account I (Variable Life Select
Segment) File No. 33-82060
Dear Commissioners:
On behalf of MML Bay State Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and MML Bay
State Variable Life Separate Account I - Variable Life Select (the "Separate
Account"), I am filing a certification pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497
under the Securities Act of 1933. In this regard, I certify that the form of
prospectus for certain flexible premium variable life insurance policies offered
by the Company through the Separate Account otherwise required to be filed under
paragraph (b) of Rule 497 would not have differed from the form of prospectus
contained in post-effective amendment number 4 to the Form S-6 registration
statement for the Separate Account that was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on or about April 28, 1999.
Sincerely,
/s/ Richard M. Howe, Esq.
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Richard M. Howe
2nd Vice President & Associate
General Counsel
RMH/ss
