ban on sale; prohibition of sale
Abbreviation of 発売禁止. Used for official bans on selling books, magazines, or other publications, often due to obscenity or legal violations.
See also: 発売禁止
The magazine was subjected to a sales ban.
A list of books that were banned from sale was released.
The magazine's content was deemed problematic, and it was banned from sale.
The authorities officially banned the novel from sale.
After the war, the ban on selling that book was lifted.