Putnam Investments
                                   One Post Office Square
                                   Boston, MA 02109
                                   December 3, 1999


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549

RE:  Putnam Voyager Fund (Reg. No. 2-29546) (811-
     1682) (the "Fund") Post-Effective Amendment No.
     53 to Registration Statement on Form N-1A

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, the Fund hereby certifies that
the forms of Prospectuses and Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed on behalf of
the Fund pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the
effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 to
the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the
"Amendment") would not have differed from that
contained in the Amendment, which is the most recent
amendment to such Registration Statement and was
filed electronically on November 26, 1999.

     Comments or questions concerning this
certificate may be directed to Kathleen Moynihan at 1-
800-225-2465, ext. 11796.

                              Very truly yours,

                              Putnam Voyager Fund

                         By:  /s/ Gordon H. Silver
                              Gordon H. Silver
                              Vice President


cc:  Gregory T. Pusch, Esq.