Viner bikes are still very popular in northern Italy, and you see quite a bit of the modern ones here in Verona. I found this bit of info about their origins:
"In 1947 Viviano Nerozzi took the first 2 letters of his first name and the first 3 letters of his surname and founded the VINER cycle factory near Florence, Italy. By the 1960 Viner cycles were a respected brand of quality cycles, but sold only in central Italy. Currently Viner bikes are used by professional European teams and riders who demands a great riding bicycle that is still made by hand in Italy." Sorry, can't help you out about the seatpost.
Angel Garcia Verona, IT
On 12/17/06, Leonard Diamond <leonarddiamond@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I just came into procession of what looks like a 2 bolt Campy NR
> seatpost. It is Pantographed with the name Viner on the sides and a V
> on the front. It has Campagnolo with the globe and Patent Campagnolo at
> the top of the piller.
> The unusual thing is the bottom is solid, ie you cannot look up into the
> seatpost. Please enlighten me!
>
> Len Diamond
> Ridgewood, NJ